Finding their way without parents after pandemic's harshest blow

He sees it vividly, still. A blur of white coats and green aprons, the door swinging open and shut, the pale glow of the hospital room. The beeps ring in his ear, squeaks from machines he had never seen before. The tense exchanges among nurses. Their grim faces. Memories of the day play in his mind, over and over, in a loop."I was standing at the door, staring into the monitor. I saw the line going flat. A nurse walked up to me, put her arm on my shoulders and took me downstairs. She got me Maggi. Then, she told me. But I knew."Read the full story on TOI+