#Covid19 #COVID19India

As a nation counts — and also doesn’t count — its dead, as the wave enters villages, The Sunday Express profiles lives lost for the lack of oxygen and listens to what their survivors have to say.

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AC maintenance contractor Gurdeep Singh, 37, died on April 27 at New Medical College Hospital, Kota. He leaves behind his wife and a child who turns 2 on May 24.
#Covid19 “I am a nurse, but for my husband, I had to arrange remdesivir through a politician. He kept saying he didn’t want to die… ,”says his wife Maninder Kaur.

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#Covid19 Businesswoman Nisha Goel, 59, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi. She leaves behind Daughter Sonali Goel (36) and son Dhruv Goel (32). … She was so active… was 59 but looked 40,” says Sonali.

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#Covid19 Sarabjeet Kaur, a 58-year-old housewife, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi. She leaves behind: Husband and three sons.

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#Covid19 Jayshankar M, a 37-year-old engineer, died on May 2 at Chamarajanagar district hospital. He leaves behind: Wife and two daughters. “He was the only earning member of our family. Government should give me a job for me to sustain my family,” says wife Siddarajamma.
#Covid19 School principal Seema Avasthi, 56, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi

She leaves behind: Two daughters. “On April 23, I met her at 4.30 pm and she said she was feeling better... Next morning, she was no more,” says daughter Navya.
#Covid19 Auto driver Charanjit Gera, 49, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden, Delhi

He leaves behind: Two sons. “Nobody at the hospital told us they were short of oxygen. This is criminal… At the same time, my mother, who could not get an ICU bed died too,” says son Gaurav.
#Covid19 Businessman Inder Mohan Singh, 54, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi

He leaves behind: Wife and two sons. “I met him on April 23...he ate a little custard and chatted with my son on my phone. When I left the hospital, he was all fine,” says his son.
Delphin Massey, 60,
Homemaker died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi

She leaves behind: Two sons. “We managed a video call with her on April 22. It was her birthday. She spoke through gestures through her oxygen mask. A day later, she was gone,” says son Erick.
Dinesh Kataryia, 41, died on April 24 at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi.

He leaves behind: Wife and daughter: The hospital is responsible for his death. They should have informed us about the oxygen crisis,” says wife Shalu.

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