Why This Lawyer is Petitioning The Government For A Centralised Database of COVID Resources
27 April 2021, 3:33 pm
India s mismanagement of the second wave has led to widespread panic and deaths due to a shortage of crucial resources.
“Need an oxygen cylinder urgently in Noida,” reads one tweet, scroll down and another one asks, “Any leads on ventilator beds in Patna?” Ever since the second wave of COVID-19 made its wrath felt in India, social media platforms like Twitter have become an impromptu aggregator for crucial resources like beds, medication, vaccines and now even crematorium availability.
“Last year we were not prepared for the pandemic, people were facing the issue for the first time and even the government wasn’t sure of what had to be done,” says Mishika Singh, a Delhi-based human rights lawyer. A year later, mismanagement has taken thousands of lives across the country as the pandemic rages on and health services are pushed to the brink. Singh is the f
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