Uneasy silence grips Kolkataas COVID-19 cases mount
The Hindu
Election results no longer uppermost on people’s minds
An uneasy silence has gripped the city of Kolkata, whose streets were witnessing dizzying political activity until recently but where arterial roads are now ruled by the sound of hurrying ambulances. The question uppermost on the minds of its people is no longer ‘Who will come to power?’, but ‘What if we need hospitalisation due to COVID-19?’ Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds and the situation expected to unfold in the coming days is unlikely to be vastly different from what’s playing on in many other parts of the country, where patients are gasping for timely attention. “It hardly matters to me now who is forming the next government (in West Bengal), I just want my family to recover soon,” Suparna Basu, a homemaker and an ardent supporter of the Left parties, told The Hindu. Last Wednesday, she and her family members tested positive for COVID-19, and she is hoping that her elderly in-laws do not need hospitalisation.More Related News