COVID stories from India: The Abandoned Cook

In the e-book series “COVID Stories from India,” Dr M. Emmanuel Bhaskar, a distinguished specialist in Internal Medicine and a Professor of Medicine based in Chennai, India, presents a compelling narrative of resilience, courage, and hope. Drawing from the real-life experiences of the over 20,000 COVID-19 patients he treated and supervised between 2020 and 2022, this series offers an intimate glimpse into the multifaceted impact of the pandemic on individuals and communities. The story of “The Abandoned cook” takes you through the experiences of a cook who moves from his village to the city of Chennai for a better life; but get caught in the harshness of the COVID pandemic. The story tells how he recovered in a manner which is quite unusual but for the pandemic.