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India: Where oxygen is priceless
With hospitals in Delhi struggling as they run out of beds and oxygen, volunteer groups are putting their lives on the line to save people who have been turned away. DW reporters Nimisha Jaiswal and Sharique Ahmad have met a group running an oxygen service.
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Last Updated: May 23, 2021, 11:24 PM IST
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The entire healthcare system — the drug R&D, hospitals, personnel and GDP spending — needs an overhaul
Universal healthcare must be our national goal. India’s public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP is abysmal — about 2%. This must be raised to 5% in the current financial year.
Nripendra Misra
The writer is former principal secretary to the Prime Minister
Covid-19 has spared none. Its scale and spread were underestimated, and beyond projections by scientific models. Criticism is in hindsight. But we need to be better equipped. The biggest gap we need to fill is our healthcare framework.
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Germany sends second shipment of COVID-19 aid to India
Germany has sent its second shipment of emergency aid to India. The first consignment included 120 ventilators, and medicines. This time, Germany is also sending over a group of health experts to train members of the Indian Red Cross. Several European countries and other nations, including the US and Taiwan have also joined the aid effort.
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As India battles a relentless surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, international aid is being rushed in, including desperately needed oxygen generation plants and ventilators. The situation in the country's overwhelmed hospitals is grim.
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