‘Cannon Fodder : Medical Students in India Feel Betrayed On Tuesday, India reported 323,144 new infections for a total of more than 17.6 million cases, behind only the United States By Neha Mehrotra and Aniruddha Ghosal •
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.
‘Cannon Fodder : Medical Students in India Feel Betrayed On Tuesday, India reported 323,144 new infections for a total of more than 17.6 million cases, behind only the United States By Neha Mehrotra and Aniruddha Ghosal •
Published 4 hours ago •
Updated 2 hours ago
NBC Universal, Inc.
Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Cannon fodder - Medical students in India feel betrayed, neglected
27 Apr, 2021 10:20 PM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a Covid-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has Covid-19.
‘Cannon fodder’: Medical students in India feel betrayed as cases rise faster than anywhere else
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An exhausted municipal worker rests after bringing the body of a person who died of COVID-19 for burial in Gauhati, India, on April 25, 2021. (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)
Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.