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by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 21, 2021 at 12:14 am EDT
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
20 Apr, 2021 08:36 PM
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India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
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Seema Gandotra, sick with the coronavirus, gasped for breath in an ambulance for 10 hours as it tried unsuccessfully to find an open bed at six hospitals in India s sprawling capital. By the time she was admitted, it was too late, and the 51-year-old died hours later.
Rajiv Tiwari, whose oxygen levels began falling after he tested positive for the virus, has the opposite problem: He identified an open bed, but the resident of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh can t get to it. There is no ambulance to take me to the hospital, he said.
Hospitals understaffed and overflowing, medical oxygen scarce, intensive care units full as 250,000 new infections detected and over 1,700 die in just 24 hours