Patients in India are desperate for care This family turned to a doctor 7,700 miles away
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Patients in India are desperate for care This family turned to a doctor 7,700 miles away
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I m not giving enough : CT doctors fight COVID online in their India homeland
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Dr. Sujata Prasad, a Madison, Conn. internist, stands with children in a room in the slums of Noida in India, in November, 2020, on one of the three trips she makes annually to her home country to care for people living there. The room serves as a daycare, school and medical office. Close-up shows Dr. Prasad on a Zoom call from her home in 2021, treating COVID-19 patients.Courtesy of Dr. Sujata PrasadShow MoreShow Less
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Dr. Sujata Prasad traveled to India in March, as she does three times every year, to care for people living in the slums of the northern city of Noida. Many are migrants from other parts of the country.
May 21, 2021
As COVID-19 ravages India, Nashville s local Indian community has joined in fundraising efforts, but community members describe a nearly hopeless situation where there s only so much they can do.
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By most accounts, India responded rapidly at the beginning of the pandemic, closing its borders and banning all international flights in March 2020. By 2021, attitudes had relaxed, as many believed the worst of the pandemic was over. India Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed thousands at state election rallies, and in person religious events returned, including Ramadan and Kumbh Mela, the latter an event only celebrated every 12 years.
By April of this year, daily COVID-19 cases exploded to more than 400,000 a day and showed no signs of slowing.