Two weeks ago, Vasanthabalan revealed that he has been hospitalized after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. His condition worsened and got shifted to the ICU where was on oxygen support. His best friend and director Lingusamy cheered him up by visiting him in the ICU. Vasanthabalan is showing signs of recovery and has now been shifted to the ward.
His post is translated as, "What is courage? Pretending to be fearless. That is the old dialogue. Do you know what courage is? It is standing by the ones you immensely love under testing times. That is the new dialogue. Last week, I was admitted to the ICU of a hospital. The moment a soul got to know this, it begins to have a sleepless night. It hurries to the hospital at the first sign of dawn.It struggles with the hospital administration and authorities, pleading with them to let it see me. The hospital firmly turns down the plea, saying that it is impossible to let him visit someone in the ICU. The soul doesn’t give in and relentlessly and vociferously demands that the hospital authorities let it in to see me. They point out that if they let it in, there is a possibility that it might also get infected. The soul says it doesn’t matter. It begs and pleads with the hospital authorities to let it in for a few minutes. With no other go, it is let in with a proper medical kit. There is this figure that stands next to my bed, watching me intently. It looks like a male penguin. It continues to look at me intently. I am unable to make out if it is a doctor or a nurse. lowly, I utter,’Doctor’. The voice replied,’It is Lingusamy! ‘ Despite all the breathing equipment that I had been fitted with, I turned around and mustering all my strength, screamed, ‘My friend!’Bala,’ he said. His voice was broken. ‘You will come back,'” he whispered. I muttered, ‘hmmm.’He petted me and prayed for me. I, who had never cried, felt a tear dripping down my cheeks. When he left asking me to be brave, my heart wondered who this angel of God was. What have I done to get such good friendship, I wondered as my heart and mind raced back and forth, thirty years. I told him, ‘I will come back for your sake, my friend.’ God left the room, saying, ‘I am there for you; we are there for you.”
