India's COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system
Date Time India’s COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system As India’s COVID-19 crisis continues, the percentage of the population testing positive for the virus has grown from 4.2% to 18.4% in the past 30 days. Author Lecturer in Health systems and policy, University of Canterbury With more than 300,000 new cases reported each day, hospitals and crematoria face collapse. Global media have been awash with heartbreaking images, statistics and stories showing the failure of the country’s health system in the face of surging infections and deaths. The fracture lines...