Pakistani actress Ammara Chaudhry has shared a deeply personal and “frightening” experience about the challenges of living alone, highlighting a terrifying incident during her battle with COVID-19.
During a recent appearance on a private TV show, Ammara Chaudhry spoke about the increasing number of young men and women living alone in major cities like Karachi, often for work or studies.
She emphasized that while there are various reasons for this, solo living is far from easy. “There are many times when one profoundly feels the absence of their loved ones,” she stated. This feeling is particularly strong upon returning from shoots and intensifies significantly when one falls ill.
Ammara, whose family resides in Lahore while she lives in Karachi for work, recounted a particularly harrowing experience from two years ago.
Ammara revealed that she contracted COVID-19 while in Karachi for shoots. During this period, the absence of her family was acutely felt. The day after testing positive, she lost consciousness for an entire day, with no one aware of her condition. Concerned by her unresponsiveness, her family contacted her landlord, explaining the situation. The landlord then sent someone to check on her well-being.
“When I regained consciousness after being unconscious for a whole day, my phone was flooded with calls from home,” Ammara shared. Her family had even booked tickets to Karachi, gravely worried. The landlord later informed her that he had only knocked on her door at her family’s insistence, having previously assumed she had returned to Lahore.
Ammara Chaudhry’s candid account underscores the isolation and potential dangers faced by individuals living independently, especially during health crises.
