Government COVID Helpline in India Tells Patient to Go and Die
On 4/20/21 at 12:11 PM EDT
One patient in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India received a disturbing response when he called a COVID helpline asking for medical aid.
A staff member at the government-run Integrated COVID Control and Command Centre allegedly told the patient who reached out asking for help, due to his COVID diagnosis and symptoms, to go and die.
The patient, Santosh Singh, a lawyer by profession, tested positive for the coronavirus on April 12 and had been at home quarantine along with his family. On the morning of April 15, he received an audio phone call from the Command Centre inquiring about his health.
Published on: Monday, April 19, 2021
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Elizabeth II sits alone in the quire of St George s Chapel during the funeral service of her husband Britain s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor.
Windsor: Queen Elizabeth II bid farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 at age 99, was interred in the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after a 50-minute service attended by just 30 guests.
Queen Elizabeth II lays to rest Prince Philip
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Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday bade farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 at age 99, was interred in the Royal Vault at St George s Chapel at Windsor Castle after a 50-minute service attended by just 30 guests.
Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday bid farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service. The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 at age 99, was interred in the Royal Vault at St George s Chapel at Windsor Castle after a 50-minute service attended by just 30 guests. The Queen, 94, seen for the first time since his death, cut a lone figure, sat in mourning black, with a white-trimmed, black face mask. Close family, also masked, sat socially distanced in the historic 15th-century Gothic chapel. Philip described by royals as
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Queen Elizabeth II watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of Britain s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during his funeral inside St George s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection.
Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday bid farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service.