Alappuzha: Time and tide await none, not even coronavirus. And this prompted Abhirami to stroll down the aisle together with her boyfriend on the COVID-ward of Alappuzha medical faculty and hospital after the groom examined positive for coronavirus a number of days again. The woman ditched her conventional bridal put on and tie the nuptial knot sporting a PPE package because the households didn’t want to skip the auspicious ‘muhurtham.’
The duo bought hitched in a hospital ward in a small ceremony in presence of restricted members of the family at a time when COVID circumstances are spiralling in the southern state. Abhirami, a local of Thekkan Aryad in Alappuzha, donned the disposable put on and get married at a COVID ward at Alappuzha Vandanam Medical College on Sunday. Marking the ritual, the groom, Sarathmon S, tied ‘thali’, the mangal sutra, and garlanded her with a easy tulsi garland in the presence of his mom, additionally covid positive and one other shut relative of the bride at a particular room in the ward. Fixed a 12 months in the past, the marriage occurred on Sunday, after permission from authorities.
Sarathmon, who works in the Gulf, and his mom Jijimol had been not too long ago admitted to the hospital after they examined positive for the virus. Though he had positioned himself in quarantine after arriving right here from the Middle East for the marriage and confirmed no signs for the preliminary 10 days, the 2 developed respiratory difficulties on Wednesday night. They examined positive for the virus at a non-public hospital at Thathampally and had been later shifted to the COVID ward of the medical faculty, household sources stated.
As each the households wished to perform the marriage ritual on the pre-fixed ‘muhurtham’ (auspicious time of a day), they approached the authorities with the request to get married on the hospital itself.
Both the district collector and hospital authorities granted permission for the perform adhering to strict COVID protocols. In compliance with the well being division pointers, the bride was requested to put on the PPE package and directed that just one or two kin ought to attend the marriage. After the perform, Abhirami went again to her uncle’s home whereas Sarathmon continued his keep in the hospital. The couple would start a brand new life after the groom turned COVID destructive, household sources added.
(With PTI inputs)
