Doctors and scientists have flagged off concerns about a section of vaccinated population becoming silent carriers and infecting those yet to be inoculated. Several instances were reported of vaccine recipients developing symptoms within days of vaccination and testing positive but doctors are more concerned about others who may have contracted the virus but are asymptomatic .
Some India Hospitals Ask COVID-19 Patients To Leave If They Can’t Get Own Oxygen Ventilators
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Many clinics and hospitals have turned away patients due to a shortage of medical supplies
Experts say the shortage is a product of years of neglect of India s public health system
Some hospitals in India are turning away COVID-19 patients who couldn’t procure their own oxygen ventilators as the country’s medical supply chain remains crippled by a surge in cases.
Many small clinics and hospitals in the southern city of Hyderabad have told attendants to take away patients diagnosed with coronavirus after their families failed to get their own oxygen cylinder or ventilator.
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Hospitals don t have enough oxygen for patients on ventilators. There are delivery bottlenecks. Families are sometimes told to get their own supplies. Health experts say it didn t have to be this way.