Medicine beyond borders in the subcontinent This existing talent pool could be structured as a crack force of South Asian medical professionals who could rise to tackle major healthcare emergencies in the region. Share Via Email | A+A A- A COVID patient with oxygen support being taken to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for treatment. (Photo| Ashwin Prasath, EPS) This essay is built upon a simple humanitarian premise, which is that countries in the Indian subcontinent, with many differences between them, could use the lessons from the COVID pandemic and create a new regional crack force - of health professionals, doctors, nurses and allied service people.