Outcry as Shanghai sends vulnerable senior citizens into makeshift quarantine camps -- some of which are plagued by poor conditions and overcrowding, as well as shortages of medical equipment, doctors, and nurses.
The visitors demanded to take the woman and her 74-year-old son to a quarantine center, because, according to their records, both had tested positive for Covid-19 five days earlier on April 14. When the old woman refused to go -- both she and her son had since tested negative -- she was allegedly pulled out of bed and dragged onto the floor. Fearing the worst, her son helped her dress and agreed to comply.
Video shows seniors being transferred to government isolation wards 02:04On social media, some residents have called for help as their elderly parents or grandparents were taken into isolation facilities, sometimes without the medicine or equipment they need.A patient at a quarantine center converted from a warehouse told CNN a group of senior citizens, some in wheelchairs, was transported to his facility from a nursing home on Monday night. Some senior citizens have attempted to push back.
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