Ahmedabad: The 28-year-old bride is just born confused in a few months after his marriage to believe in Pandemi Covid-19.
Her husband contracted the infection of the days after the wedding and ended up with his eyes and his jaw was removed to save his life from a severe attack of post-covid mukormycosis.
“I can’t see his disabled face and love him.
I have a deep sympathy for him and his family but I hardly stayed with him enough to stand beside him in a medical crisis that changed life.
I only have two choices – to end my wedding or my life , “he said, he was planned while breaking down a desperate call to ask for help from Helpline Jeevan Aastha.
On phone calls that lasted more than one and a half hours, he reportedly claimed he could not live together and loved a man whose face was damaged by black mushrooms.
“Removal of his eyes and face because of damage by mukormycosis has caused severe defects.
I want to love him but I can’t.
I don’t think I’m able to make the sacrifice necessary early in the marriage,” he said Priyanka Adalaja, a senior advisor with Jeevan Aastha, said the caller It is recommended that ending someone’s life never become an option.
“We told him not to lose hope and weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.
Ending life is not an option.
We asked him to talk about dilemma with his parents and call us back for further counseling,” he said.
Covid-19 has destroyed a lot of life and home because it first hit the state in March 2020.
More than a year and the second deadly wave later, mental health experts report the damage that has occurred in mental health.
Jeevan Aastha Helpline Coordinator said their cellphones rang from the hook when a double-doubled call.
Post the second wave.
“The call volume has doubled from 40-50 calls a day to 90-100,” said Pravin Valera, the coordinator for the helpline which was run by the Gandhinagar police.
Experts say the main categories that people find help including post-covid trauma, fear of contacting Covid, losing work or decreasing financial status, interpersonal relationship problems, addiction, attention deficits among parents.
Dr.
Ajay Chauhan, a medical supervisor of the government hospital for mental health, said the OPSD at a mental hospital was on the rise after the second wave.
“More than 60% of patients have mental health problems triggered by Covid-19,” he said.