Uttara left behind three children. Her younger son, Bidyut, is in his last year at university and has been supported by CR since he began school. Her daughter Manu did vocational training organised by CR to become a beautician – though she is currently unemployed.
The good news is that Calcutta Rescue’s founder, Dr Jack, decided, at the start of the Covid epidemic, to endow a staff benevolent fund, which is now being used to help Uttara’s family.
It has also been used to fund the testing and hospital treatment needed by Gopal, Dr Jack’s former driver, who also fell ill with the virus.
He is now recovering well and, although other staff have tested positive and had to quarantine, no-one else has fallen ill.