write a diarie entry on the topic how I spent my free days at home during covid-19
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It was 4 am by the time the ambulance arrived. As I walked out to the ambulance, three people from a news channel made a video, surreptitiously, of the process. When I accosted the reporter and asked her how she could breach my privacy, she spat back, "Who are you to tell me what I should delete?" I had to ask the security to intervene.
I got into the ambulance and was driven to Safdarjung Hospital around 4.30 am. I was shown an isolation ward and told that a doctor would soon arrive to guide on the next steps.
I came into the room and saw dirt on the floor and pigeon feathers lying around. There were cobwebs and a spider too. I waited on the sofa for an hour before walking out and asking for a cleaning of the ward.
My ward was then cleaned and sanitised. I asked for the doctor and was told that he was attending to a patient on another floor and would see me as soon as he was done there. It was 6 am.
I also asked if I would be given a hospital gown. The ward boy asked me to change into my own clothes. I asked for a blanket or bedsheet; something to cover myself with because it's chilly. I was told they don't have anything. After 10/15 minutes of discussion, the hospital handed me a disposable bedsheet.
At 6.30 am, a doctor came visiting. He asked me for symptoms and I repeated what I'd told at the airport: a cough. He seemed a little surprised that I was brought to an isolation ward because of just a cough, but apparently the guidelines are strict. He asked me for travel history to any of the Covid-19 affected countries on the government list. I said no. Then he said that my samples would be taken for testing. The results will arrive in 2 or 3 days, and till then, I would have to stay in this isolation ward.