Bhandari said she felt helpless a feeling heightened because a summer trip to India with her husband and children is now cancelled. She said their families were staying indoors as much as possible, and not even opening their front or back doors unless it was absolutely necessary.
She said she was just there in February. In her words, it “seemed like COVID was going away.” Now, the conditions are so dire her mother-in-law can’t get into the hospital after a stroke.
“She is at home with an oxygen machine, the drip and everything actually in her home because no one can go in and out,” Bhandari said.