A patient wearing an oxygen mask is wheeled inside a Covid-19 hospital for treatment in Ahmedabad on April 26. Reuters
Exhausted workers, who bring dead bodies for cremation, sit on the rear step of an ambulance inside a crematorium, in New Delhi on April 24. AP
Much needed medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as overrun hospitals turned away patients due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies and a surge of infections pushed the Covid-19 death toll towards 200,000.
A shipment of medical supplies from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi early on Tuesday,
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Indian hospitals choke, patients struggle at home
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April 27, 2021
ISLAMABAD: As hospitals in Delhi and many other cities in India run out of beds, people have been forced to find ways to get treatment for sick patients at home. Many have turned to the black market, where prices of essential medicines, oxygen cylinders and concentrators have skyrocketed and questionable drugs are now proliferating.
On Monday, the country reported another 319, 435 infections and 2,764 deaths, with roughly 117 Indians succumbing to the disease every hour and experts say even those figures are likely an undercount. The new infections brought India’s total to more than 17.6 million, behind only the United States.
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Family members sit next to the burning funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021. Reuters pic
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BENGALURU, April 27 India’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 300,000 for a sixth consecutive day today, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections.
Over the past 24 hours, India recorded 323,144 new cases, below Monday’s worldwide peak of 352,991, with overrun hospitals continuing to turn away patients due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies.
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A shipment of medical supplies from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi.
France is also sending oxygen generators that can provide year-long oxygen for 250 beds.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all citizens to get vaccinated and exercise caution amid the storm of infections.
New Delhi: Much needed medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday (April 27) as overrun hospitals turned away patients due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies and a surge of infections pushed the COVID-19 death toll towards 200,000.
A shipment of medical supplies from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi early on Tuesday (April 27).
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