: Sunday, April 11, 2021, 8:27 PM IST COVID19 in Kalyan: Shortage of Remdesivir creates panic; patients, doctors struggle to buy injection due to scarcity Representative Pic Not only family members or relatives of covid-19 are suffering the shortage of Remdevisir injections across the cities. But doctors too are running across to get the injections for their family members. We spoke with Dr. Iftekhar Shaikh 54, an BUMS (Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery) who owns his Afifa Unani clinic in Kalyan said, "My wife Shamim Banu 47, had a fever and cough. So I went through a ct scan and found 30 percent involvement of symptoms in lungs. Family friends suggested that I admit her, but she was not ready as she was fine. We went to covid centre and found beds were not available in the city. So we admitted her to a private hospital in Nerul," added Shaikh, further saying, "The doctors started the treatment and asked for 7 remdevisir injections. On Friday, first I roamed around all medicals and was irritated listening to no. Then I started contacting my sources in the medical field. On Saturday someone told me, it's available in Bhiwandi. So I went to Bhiwandi and returned empty handed. Then I was suggested to go to Masina Hospital in Mumbai through a reference. When I reached the refer contact was not ready to attend the call. I kept roaming around for hours asking him, but again left empty handed. Again someone asked me to come to Bhiwandi, but that too just wasted time. With the help of relatives and friends I arranged four injections. Being a doctor, if I had to suffer, what about a common man? ," added Shaikh.