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Manjunath Kiran / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on May 9, 2021 2:27 am India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the worlds worst wave of coronavirus cases thats leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. Its a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases decline over the w...

May 9, 2021 at 7:00 am PUNE, India — Mohanish Ellitam watched helplessly as his 49-year-old mother’s oxygen levels dipped dangerously and she gasped for air. “I could see her stomach rising and falling,” Ellitam said. “I was so scared.” Watching his mother’s health deteriorate, Ellitam knew he couldn’t wait any longer. But in Shevgaon, a small town in the state of Maharashtra, health care facilities were limited and already overwhelmed with people suffering from COVID-19. He fr...

India Sees Deadliest Day Of Pandemic With COVID-19 Deaths Topping 4,000 By Amy Held  May 8, 2021 India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the world’s worst wave of coronavirus cases that’s leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. It’s a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases ...

Manjunath Kiran / AFP via Getty Images India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the worlds worst wave of coronavirus cases thats leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. Its a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases decline over the winter. But by late March, a second wave swell...

India Doctor Says Overcrowded ER Makes It “Nearly Impossible to Walk” The world continues to watch in agony as India wrestles with the worst outbreak of COVID-19 on record since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The country reported more than 400,000 positive cases on Wednesday alone.  Dr. Sumit Ray is the Chief of Critical Care at The Holy Family Hospital New Delhi, which is currently at 140% capacity. The corridors in the ER are now so crowded that it’s hard to walk. Peeking Behin...

Covid in India: 26-year-old doctor decides who will live and who will die Filed on May 6, 2021 Dr. Aggarwal fears what will happen if he gets infected too New Delhi: Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesnt even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy. As Indias healthcare system teete...

Anxious families of patients must realise that in the early stages of mild infection, paracetamol, hydration and good nourishment are enough, say doctors.

Listen • 5:46 COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says Indias health care system is collapsing. Updated May 6, 2021 at 10:20 AM ET India has been setting daily records for positive coronavirus tests — more than 400,000 people on Wednesday alone. In New Delhi, the Holy Family Hospital is at 140% capacity. "Its nearly impossible to walk sometimes in the [emerg...

Rebecca Conway/Getty Images toggle caption Rebecca Conway/Getty Images COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says Indias health care system is collapsing. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images India has been setting daily records for positive coronavirus tests — more than 400,000 people on Wednesday alone. In New Delhi, the Holy Family Hospital is at 1...

Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesn’t even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy. As India’s healthcare system teeters on the verge of collapse during a brutal second wave of the novel coronavirus, Aggarwal makes those decisions during a 27-hour workday that includes a grim overnight...