Video of sobbing woman begging Peru president to save husband goes viral
Issued on: 24/07/2020 - 23:50
Modified: 24/07/2020 - 23:48
Arequipa (Peru) (AFP)
A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral.
"Mr. President, Don't go!" screams a tearful Celia Capira as she begs for a hospital bed for her husband in the video shot on Sunday in Peru's second largest city, Arequipa.
But the 32-year-old mother of three's story did not have a happy ending, as her husband Adolfo Mamani, 57, died on Tuesday.
Arequipa's overwhelmed hospital system which lacks both beds and oxygen couldn't save him.
"They killed him; he was well, they told us he was stable, in the morning I took him breakfast," Capira told local reporters on Tuesday.
Images of Capira's tear-soaked cheeks covered with a mask and face shield have come to reflect the desperation of a local population that wants answers from authorities.
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