01 July,2021 12:10 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Aniruddh Dave Picture Courtesy: PR
Actor Aniruddh Dave talks about being treated for Covid-19, staying positive and how he believes karma matters. Aniruddh admits that the support of his family, doctors, nursing staff and friends from the entertainment industry helped tremendously. "Two months is a long time to be hospitalised," says Aniruddh Dave who was treated for 55 days in a Bhopal hospital after contracting Covid-19.
"To see patients who are suffering, severe cases with various infections, hearing them howling in pain was quite tough to say the least. Himmat rakhna mushkil tha. It was a painful time and one couldn't shut them out either as everyone was in one room in the ICU. After I shifted to a private room, the hustle-bustle of the hospital and watching emergency situations being dealt with was something I can never forget. Staying positive was not easy," says the actor, who is currently in Kota, and has been advised bed rest for a month. He still feels fatigue if he stays up, walks or talks for a long time.
Aniruddh Dave admits that the support of his family, doctors, nursing staff and friends from the entertainment industry helped tremendously. "Karma does matter as if I have helped anyone in life or done any good, this is what I have earned. I feel maine yeh good wishes and love kamaya hai life mein. They helped in keeping up my strength and positive energy. I wouldn't be able to talk to people as I had an oxygen mask, so I would talk in sign language over video calls or text a bit. Even now, talking about all of it is making me so emotional," he shares.
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On being asked how his wife welcomed him he says, "It felt like coming home after winning a death-defying war. My parents, wife and in-laws were happy and relieved to see me back home. Finally, I could see the apple of my eye, my little Anishq, after two months, whom I missed the most. Shopu (he fondly calls his wife Shopu) baked a cake for me and my homecoming was celebrated with fanfare. I could see the happiness on everyone's face," he says.
Me," he signs off.
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