Since the lockdown was implemented, the residence of the Pitales, both doctors, has been 'virtually' divided, with them occupying one part, and their daughter and her grandmother, the other. Amol and Anita, who live in Vile Parle, decided on the 'Lakshman Rekha' which they don't cross, to protect his mother Shaila, 75, and their daughter, Nishtha, 10.

In the initial days of the lockdown, the doctor couple decided to stay indoors and the family went about their usual routine, but as the COVID-19 cases swelled in their neighbourhood, they took a conscious decision to step out and start medical consultation. But this was not before they explained to Nishtha that they would have to keep distant while staying in the same house.