I DON’T REGRET CALLING OUT THE DEMONIC ACT: MOUNI ON FAKE DRUGS BEING SOLD
As West Bengal becomes the latest state to go under a complete lockdown for two weeks owing to the second wave of the pandemic, actor Raima Sen hopes that this helps in curbing the number of rising Covid-19 cases there.
“A lockdown can control the situation only if people listen,” she asserts, adding, “People should stay at home because that’s the only way we can fight this together.”
While the actor notes that repeated lockdown results in economic setbacks, she’s in favour of them as they’ve now
As the country is reeling under the second wave of the pandemic, cases of manufacture and sale of fake drugs to cure Covid-19 has dramatically shot up. Early this month, Mouni Roy took to social media to share a video of the same and expressed her anger over those who are exploiting patients at their time of need. become a necessity.
“Economically, people are getting vulnerable and there’s loss of livelihoods. But, this is a matter of your own health, so we’ve to give it a priority. However long the lockdown is going to be there for, people should realise the seriousness
“…This is intentional, premeditated evil unleashed on countless vulnerable people. Instead of a life saving medication, these scum mixed salt and glucose and selling the doses for 5000/- a piece…” the caption read.
Still dismayed and harrowed with the incident, she says, “When I wrote it, I was angry and sad. I couldn’t stop crying. I couldn’t fathom how people can be so insensitive at a time when so many people are losing their lives!”
But Roy is quick to point out that she doesn’t regret calling out the “demonic act” on a public forum. “The reason for some patients’ health deteriorating or dying is because of these fake vials. Now is the time to give some ray of hope of situation,” she asserts.
Sen, 41, understands the plight of those who’re suffering and are trying to save their loved ones, as she herself went through it last year with her father. “My father was in the ICU in December for one month. He had a severe case. We went through a lot of trying times for two months. Those were very difficult times, and I can understand the desperation and pain of what people are going through,” she shares.
The actor further lauds all those celebrities and her colleagues in Kolkata who’re doing their best to help people in this crisis. “A lot of people call to ask for help for hospital beds, oxygen and even vaccine... we try and help as much as we can,” she says. to those in peril. Later on, I thought I could have been less harsh but I don’t regret putting it out because I merely expressed what I felt,” she asserts.
Upset about the negativity around, she says, “Most days, I wake up to bad news of someone close being admitted in the hospital or when I talk to my friends, I hear the frequent sound of the ambulance siren. It is the worst situation the country has been in.”
Recently, the Made In China (2019) actor donated oxygen cylinders to patients battling with Covid. “Our country is in need of so much more and this was the least that I could do. Anything we do is less but I’m definitely looking forward to doing more,” Roy ends.