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Covid 19 coronavirus: A desperate India falls prey to Covid scammers
17 May, 2021 06:00 AM
8 minutes to read
Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times
Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Hari Kumar and Jeffrey Gettleman
As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk. Within the world s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are
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Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders to store and transport the lifesaving gas as patients across the country gasp for breath.
So a local charity reacted with outrage when one supplier more than doubled the price, to nearly $US200 ($A258) each. The charity called the police, who discovered what could be one of the most brazen, dangerous scams in a country awash with coronavirus-related fraud and black-market profiteering.
The police say the supplier a business called Varsha Engineering, essentially a scrapyard had been repainting fire extinguishers and selling them as oxygen canisters. The consequences could be deadly: The less-sturdy fire extinguishers might explode if filled with high-pressure oxygen.