Covid 19 coronavirus: Hospital crisis in India with patients begging to leave
3 May, 2021 06:46 PM
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
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By: Matt Young
As India continues to struggle to contain its second wave, one makeshift hospital is so bad that patients are now begging to leave .
The crisis has spiked to a point where local media are calling the situation grim , with critical patients dropping dead in cardboard beds and on the side of the road as they wait for available space.
Indian Navy deploys its medical personnel to Covid-19 facilities
From CNN s Swati Gupta in New Delhi
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the chief of the Naval staff Monday to discuss initiatives taken by the Navy to help with the second wave of Covid-19.
The Navy has deployed its medical personnel to hospitals across the country. Naval Personnel are being provided Battle Field Nursing Assistant Training to augment medical personnel deployed in Covid hospitals, read the statement.
The Navy is also assisting in the transport of oxygen containers as well as other supplies from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Singapore to India.
India Nears 20 Mn Covid Cases As Europe Eyes Reopening By AFP Bureaus
05/03/21 AT 12:27 PM
India s total Covid-19 caseload neared 20 million Monday, in stark contrast to gradual reopenings in Europe and other wealthier parts of the world where rapid vaccination programmes have helped keep new cases down.
In India cases have soared by around eight million since the end of March, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi under growing pressure to take decisive action to reverse the surge. Scores died over the weekend in Indian hospitals hit by shortages that have forced clinics in the capital to send urgent appeals for help on social media Photo: AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
India‘s total Covid-19 caseload neared 20 million and oxygen shortages exacerbated a devastating second wave on Monday, as the EU proposed new rules that could allow travellers who are fully vaccinated to enter the bloc.
Cases have soared by around eight million since the end of March, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi under growing pressure to take decisive action to reverse the surge.
Scores died over the weekend in hospitals hit by shortages that have forced clinics in the capital New Delhi to send urgent appeals for help on social media.
“Oxygen is a basic requirement of a hospital and a consistent supply has not been assured. We are constantly firefighting,” the head of the Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital Dr Dinesh told the Indian Express daily.