Coronavirus: What did it mean to be an ambulance driver during May?

K. Murugan wants to live down a memory from May 1. It was the first of many calls he had received that day, and it gave him the worst experience not just for the day, but for a lifetime. Around 10 a.m

K. Murugan wants to live down a memory from May 1. It was the first of many calls he had received that day, and it gave him the worst experience not just for the day, but for a lifetime. Around 10 a.m., he had to ferry a COVID-positive person to a hospital for admission. The man’s middle-aged wife and a nurse were with him in the ambulance. “The events that unfolded through the next six to seven hours are something no one should go through,” says 35-year-old Murugan, an ambulance driver with Robin and Robin Health Care.