Parents Defend Decision To Name Newborn Twins Corona and Covid
"The delivery happened after facing several difficulties, and therefore, my husband and I wanted to make the day memorable," Verma told NDTV.Late at night on March 26, Verma said, when she suddenly experienced severe labor pain"somehow my husband arranged an ambulance [to] operate under 102 Mahtari Express service."
At the time, no cars were allowed on roads because of the lockdown, and Verma and her husband were stopped by police at various points along their drive.None of their relatives could travel to be with them. The lockdown also caused all bus and train service to be stopped."Our relatives, who wanted to reach the hospital, could not make it," she said.
When the couple made it to the hospital, her doctors immediately made arrangements for Verma to have a C-section, given the reported complications of the case."Within 45 minutes of their arrival, the delivery was done successfully," a public relations officer for the hospital noted.The doctors and nurses who helped Verma through her delivery were the ones who gave the twins the names Covid and Corona. , we finally decided to name them after the pandemic," Verma said.
"Indeed the virus is dangerous and life-threatening, but its outbreak made people focus on sanitation, hygiene and inculcate other good habits," she added."Thus, we thought about these names."Although India hasn't had as many coronavirus-related deaths as the United States (about 8,910 total in the US as of Monday, according to the
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