When Sewri resident Sunil Jadhav first heard about the Coronavirus outbreak in Mumbai, he started taking necessary precautions to keep his family from harm's way. The 36-year-old's father had undergone a kidney transplant surgery a few months earlier, and since he was still "on immunosuppressant medication," the chances of him picking up the infection were higher. Despite following sanitising protocols at home, Jadhav could not prevent the worst from happening. In April, his entire family had to be hospitalised at Global Hospital in Parel, after they tested positive for COVID-19. The next few weeks were the most traumatic for him and the rest of his family.

Jadhav first started showing symptoms on Good Friday (April 10), when he developed a fever. Gradually, he began losing his appetite. "I had to take my father to the hospital for check-ups. That's when I possibly got the infection. Back then, test reports would take around four days; I tested positive seven days after my symptoms started showing," said Jadhav. He was admitted to Global Hospital on April 17, after his condition worsened. Over the next couple of days, he remained unconscious. By then, his 65-year-old father, his wife and six-year-old son had also tested positive. Jadhav said that his employers requested the hospital to accommodate all his family members at the same hospital.