IT WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING: MUGDHA ON HER PARENTS’ COVID SCARE
Actor Mugdha Godse recently had the scariest experience of her life when both her parents tested positive for Covid-19. Her mother even had to be hospitalised. Though she’s on the road to recovery now, Godse recalls how this phase was full of uncertainty.
“My dad became alright within a week except for some weakness. However, my mum’s oxygen was continuously dropping and we had to admit her to a hospital. Thankfully, we were there on time and didn’t have to run around. She was there for 15 days; it was quite a frightening and troublesome time,” the actor tells us, adding that she was “scared” after hearing stories from her friends about “their old parents going to the hospital and never returning”.
The fact that Godse’s mother had diabetes added to her worrisome health condition. Even though, she is now back home, the actor admits the situation was scary.
“I was going through a lot. I had to make all decisions, and drive my parents to the hospital. The situation there was so sad. There were frantic people who didn’t know what to do amid the chaos. Every five minutes, an ambulance was coming. They had put a bed in the parking lot where they can give oxygen to whoever was coming; some were getting a bed, some were not,” the 34-year-old recounts.
While one was reading about the crisis and seeing visuals on social media daily, according to Godse, experiencing it in person was a different ball game altogether. And she’s all praise for the doctors and frontline workers.
“I must thank them; they’re doing a wonderful job. The cases are reducing now. When I went to pick my mom, there was no rush at the casualty ward. I believe the second wave is going down. My parents had gotten the first dose of the vaccination, that’s why doctors said they didn’t have complications,” she concludes with a sigh of relief.