Student handles bodies of COVID-19 patients for mom’s medicines, school fees

New Delhi: Mother of Chand Mohammad gives him his lunchbox as he goes for work, at Seelampur in New Delhi, Monday, June 15, 2020. Chand joined a company which deployed him as a sweeper at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. The job requires him to handle bodies of those dying of coronavirus. His work demands an eight hours shift with higher risk of contracting the infection to meet his family’s requirements including his mother’s thyroid disorder. Due to lack of money, the 20-year-old stated that there are times when his family eats only once in a day to save ration for the next day. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)(PTI17-06-2020_000041B)
New Delhi: Chand Mohammad wearing a face mask and gloves leaves from his house for work, at Seelampur in New Delhi, Monday, June 15, 2020. Chand joined a company which deployed him as a sweeper at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. The job requires him to handle bodies of those dying of coronavirus. His work demands an eight hours shift with higher risk of contracting the infection to meet his family’s requirements including his mother’s thyroid disorder. Due to lack of money, the 20-year-old stated that there are times when his family eats only once in a day to save ration for the next day. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)(PTI17-06-2020_000038B)
New Delhi: Chand Mohammad along with others carries the body of a person who died of COVID-19 to cremate at a crematorium, in New Delhi, Monday, June 15, 2020. Chand joined a company which deployed him as a sweeper at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. The job requires him to handle bodies of those dying of coronavirus. His work demands an eight hours shift with higher risk of contracting the infection to meet his family’s requirements including his mother’s thyroid disorder. Due to lack of money, the 20-year-old stated that there are times when his family eats only once in a day to save ration for the next day. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)(PTI17-06-2020_000040B)
New Delhi: Chand Mohammad wearing a PPE kit cremates the body of a person who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, Monday, June 15, 2020. Chand joined a company which deployed him as a sweeper at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. The job requires him to handle bodies of those dying of coronavirus. His work demands an eight hours shift with higher risk of contracting the infection to meet his family’s requirements including his mother’s thyroid disorder. Due to lack of money, the 20-year-old stated that there are times when his family eats only once in a day to save ration for the next day. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)(PTI17-06-2020_000036B)