‘Better to talk about it’: Indians urged to share their grief as COVID takes heavy toll
Tabassum Dhorajiwala was wedged between two corpses in a hospital corridor while she waited for her husband’s body.
The 39-year-old Mumbai resident lost her husband to COVID during Ramadan last year and the trauma of trying to unsuccessfully save his life and then facing a lot of difficulties claiming his body for the last rites continues to haunt her.
“That night was the most horrifying moment of my life. It appears so unreal now, but back then, I had cold shivers,” Tabassum told Salaam Gateway.
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