Doctor opens up on his ordeal on social media about testing coronavirus positive and feeling guilty for exposing his family to the infection
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A doctor who tested positive for Coronavirus opened up about his guilt on exposing his family to the illness. In a post shared with popular social media page Humans of Bombay, the doctor said that when the pandemic broke out, he continued to see his patients by following necessary precautions.
"After COVID-19 broke out, I knew my patients needed me more than ever. So I kept going to work, seeing 5-10 patients everyday. I was out of the house for 10 hours, and took every precaution for my family's safety," The doctor said in the post.
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However, just before the nationwide lockdown was announced to contain the spread of the highly contagious pandemic, the doctor felt himself coming down with a fever on March 18. He tested positive for Coronavirus, his wife and daughter also got infected with the virus and they were admitted to a coronavirus ward.
Expressing the guilt he had for exposing his family to the virus, he said in the post, "I saw them in the Covid Ward– that broke me. I felt so guilty. As a doctor, I had done everything in my power to help my patients, but I felt I had failed my own family."
A week later, the doctor and his daughter recovered from the illness but his wife tested positive for the second time and again for the third time as well. She was still in the hospital while the doctor and his daughter went home. "No one knew why my wife tested positive again, which added to our anxiety." The family was going through a hard time but their neighbours helped by arranging food for them.
It was a huge relief for the family when the doctor's wife finally tested negative in thefer fourth COvid test and she was allowed to go home. "I knew that we would be okay. We beat the virus and were finally together," the doctor said in the post. He concluded on a positive note saying, "We must continue the fight– humanity has been through pandemics before, but we’ve always won. And we will this time too."
The post shared on Facebook on Tuesday managed to garner more than 16,000 likes and was shared 840 times. Users commenting on the post lauded the doctor’s courage and paid tribute to the frontline warriors.
"It's very scary when, we see our near n dear ones are our patients n we have to treat them as patients...Plus....I can imagine, how would u have felt being a patient n a doctor at the same time! Hats off to u n Ur courage! (sic)," a user commented on the post. Paying tribute to the frontline healthcare staff, a user said, "Salute to front line heros! Putting their lives and their families at risk to keep the community safe. What brave hearts you are!! (sic)." Another user said, "This is is so full of love, affection, kindness, courage & gratitude."
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