It was disconcerting to read in a report in this paper which said that a Worli hospital has been serving rice twice a day during mealtimes to diabetics. These diabetics have been in isolation amid COVID-19. They are not supposed to eat rice in these quantities but the hospital is serving them. Some of them refuse the evening meal as they are afraid that their sugar level will shoot up.

The hospital authorities said that they will try and change the meal, switching from rice to chapattis henceforth. This brings to light a problem these days. With people in quarantine or isolation at hospitals, the medical facilities are also strained to breaking point.