Actress
Shikha
Malhotra
has
reportedly
been
admitted
to
Cooper
Hospital
after
she
suffered
from
paralysis
caused
by
a
major
stroke.
Shikha
had
volunteered
herself
as
a
frontline
worker
amid
COVID-19
pandemic,
and
was
working
as
a
nurse.
ABP
News
reported
Shikha's
PR
manager
Ashwani
Shukla
as
stating
that
she
suffered
paralysis
when
she
was
at
home,
on
the
night
of
December
10.
She
was
first
admitted
to
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
in
Mumbai
and
was
later
shifted
to
Cooper
Hospital
in
Vile
Parle,
due
to
higher
expenses
at
the
former.
The
report
further
stated
that
Shikha's
right
side
has
been
affected
and
she
is
in
a
condition
where
she
is
unable
to
move
or
speak.
However,
doctors
are
of
the
opinion
that
her
condition
has
improved
slightly.
Notably,
Shikha
starred
opposite
Sanjay
Mishra
in
Kaanchli
Life
In
A
Slough,
directed
by
Dedipya
Joshii.
The
film
released
on
February
7,
2020,
weeks
before
lockdown
was
announced
in
India.
She
was
also
seen
in
movies
like
Fan
and
Running
Shaadi.
During
the
peak
of
the
pandemic,
she
served
patients
of
'Hindu
Hruday
Samrat
Trauma
Center'
in
Jogeshwari,
Mumbai.
Shikha,
who
is
reportedly
a
nursing
degree
holder,
worked
as
a
nurse
for
about
six
months.
She
contracted
the
virus
in
October,
and
was
discharged
from
the
hospital
after
recovery,
in
the
same
month.
In
an
interview
with
Mumbai
Mirror,
Shikha
had
revealed
why
she
decided
to
serve
as
a
frontline
warrior.
"I
had
been
reading
about
the
pandemic
since
the
time
it
started.
On
the
day
of
Janta
Curfew,
I
went
out
in
my
balcony
and
clapped
for
all
the
healthcare
workers
and
a
little
more
for
my
mom,
because
she
is
a
nurse
too
at
a
Delhi
hospital.
And
at
that
very
moment,
I
realized
that
I
want
to
contribute
to
this
fight
as
well," she
said.
Shikha
even
refused
to
take
a
salary
for
her
services.
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