If you want to know what India's daughter is capable of, and how much her strength, endurance and resourcefulness has been put to test during India's Covid crisis, read on.

It starts with her in-laws and her husband testing positive for Covid. While awaiting her own test results, she gets the news that her father also tested positive.

Her parents are in rural West Bengal, taking care of ailing grandparents. She's in the mountains far away.

Her father recently had major surgery, so his immunity would be low. She is their only child and has to get to them quickly so she can help him isolate & get proper treatment.

As soon as her test result arrives (negative miraculously), she travels to her parents' hamlet. Over there, the condition of her dad is quite weak and there are no medical facilities to speak of. She has to quickly get him a hospital bed, but she's unable to find any.

She is alone. She is desperate. She calls as many people as she can, pleads with officers and medics, puts out calls for help on social media. Finally, after two days, she is able to procure a bed in a town close by.

Leaving her mom & grandparents back in the village, she takes her dad & gets him admitted. Now she's the only attendant & has to run around for everything that the doctors ask for. She sleeps in the waiting area of the hospital with a pepper spray in her hand to ward off threats!

Doctors say her dad needs Remdesivir. Stuck in a remote part of WB so far from the metro hubs, she has to somehow move heaven and earth to get it ASAP.

She tries. And gets duped, like thousands out there. The medicine never reaches her.

But she takes the time in the midst of all her troubles to warn others of this scam. Here's that story: https://www.thebetterindia.com/253658/remdesivir-scam-kolkata-kasturba-gandhi-hospital-chitranjan-covid-19-india-health-crisis-coronavirus-him16/

Her father finally starts improving & she's asked to take him home to free up the hospital bed. She has no place to keep him isolated at their small house in the village.

Also, in the meantime, her mom & grandmom have started showing symptoms. Her grandfather is critically ill.

It must be almost certain that she is Covid positive too with all the exposure at the hospital, in spite of all the precautions she has been taking. She does have some symptoms, but cannot get anyone to test her or her mom.

To help her dad recover, she rents a room that allows her to isolate her dad while also stay close enough to her mom & grandparents for all their needs.

She is shuttling between the two venues, taking care of all the elderly folks in her family simultaneously.

In the midst of all this, she gets news that her uncle in Goa is also critically ill with Covid, and cannot get an ICU bed anywhere.

She once again tries everything in her hand to find him a bed and eventually succeeds.

Back in the village, her grandfather breathes his last. With her father recovering and her mom & grandmom both unwell, she takes on the responsibility of cremating him and fulfils all the requirements as best she can.

Alone.

She moves into the room she has rented to take care of her dad. Meanwhile, mom's health worsens and she starts getting fever and fatigue. But as long as O2 level remains above 92, she decides to take care of her without hospitalisation.

It's been an uphill task to get the health department to come and test them for Covid. She finally convinces them.

In the meantime, her mom's O2 falls to 85 and she's trying to help her with emergency meds and proning.

All the while, she did not give up trying to help millions of others find beds, oxygen, plasma, etc. using @thebetterindia's social media handles!

I am talking about our very own @SanchPal here.... This lady has been through hell but continues to put up a good fight. #Respect

Today, her mom's condition worsened & she's admitted her to the hospital.

The saga continues. How long will Indians have to struggle to get access to basic medical facilities and get supplies without begging, frantically searching on their own & getting scammed?

I came across this somewhere. Can't help but think it describes our situation so well. Especially what Sanchari and thousands like her have had to go through in this ordeal. Is this what we really meant by an Atmanirbhar Bharat? To each his (her) own?

After reading all that a daughter is capable of tolerating and achieving, is there any parent out there who wishes for a son? India's daughters are made of steel, don't underestimate their strength! In times of crisis, you'll be lucky to have one around you.