Famous human rights activist Harsh Mander told the site Article 14 his recent experience as a Covid-19 patient in a public facility in the capital of India: the constant noise, the lack of staff, and mistreatment, which could have resulted in his death.
No one to talk to, no change of clothes, a noise level making rest impossible: Harsh Mander lived a nightmare when he had to resign himself to being hospitalized in Delhi in October, after contracting the Covid- 19. “No one was assisting the patients, nurses and orderlies communicated with each other and with the sick by shouting. No one to let you go to the bathroom. We were constantly forced to beg ”, The famous human rights activist recounts in a shocking interview with the Indian news site Article 14.
He thinks he was infected in a Doctors Without Borders homeless clinic, “Where the rate of positive cases for Covid-19 was around 15%”. When he himself fell ill and his symptoms began to worry those close to him, he asked to be admitted to the public hospital, instead of going to a private clinic like everyone who can afford it. in India. “What I experienced there is close to what I imagine myself to be hell. I am not exaggerating”, he said.
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