Most Indians don t have health insurance and treatment costs have them drowning in debt Published: July 26, 2021 09:13 AP Anil Sharma shows a photograph of his son Saurav who is being treated for COVID-19 at a private hospital in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP
New Delhi: As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India s new COVID-19 cases broke global records to reach 400,000 a day, Saurav was put on a ventilator.
The sight of the tube running into Saurav s throat is seared in Sharma s mind. I had to stay strong when I was with him, but immediately after, I would break down as soon as I left the room, he said.
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