After 121 days of treating COVID-19 patients at Rajawadi Hospital, 30-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, Karan Bhanushali, met his mother on Tuesday. But he is only on a 10-days break and will return to duty. His mother had to spend the time alone, as his father and grandfather were stuck in Lonavala in the lockdown, and have decided to return to the city after August. Her only solace was that she could see Bhanushali once a day from their second floor house, when he came to collect his tiffin from the society watchman.

'Fighting like a soldier'
Speaking to mid-day, Bhanushali's mother Devyani said, "On March 23 Karan packed his bag and told me he would return in a day. Then he told me that he was posted in the COVID Centre. He said keeping mine and the building members' safety in mind, he would not come home. But every day at 1.30 pm he came to collect his tiffin that I left with the watchman. I saw him from a window. Initially I cried because he was among COVID-19 patients. But then I realised that Karan was treating and curing them. My son was fighting like a soldier. I am proud of him and every doctor." Bhanushali said their neighbours helped her a lot.