A Shiv Sena corporator and the chairman of the BMC’s Improvement Committee, Sadanand Parab, has written to the commissioner to allow close relatives of critical Covid-19 patients to meet them at the hospital. With Covid-19 taking a toll on patients, in addition to the loneliness and isolation that adds to their mental stress, the corporator believes that if patients get to see their kin, they might recover faster.

Hospitals in the city have been taking various measures to make sure patients remain relaxed and stress free and have been trying to maintain contacts between patients and their families by being the messenger. Parab, however, has demanded that immediate kin be allowed to see the patient by taking appropriate precautions, including wearing PPE kits.