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Experts said the outbreak should ring alarm bells as the country's health-emergency preparedness remains inadequate, even after Covid
While India provides public health care, the system is chronically underfunded — and there's a growing dependence on private hospitals, with a large proportion of Indians forced to pay bills out of pocket. At the same time, those left widowed or orphaned by the pandemic are struggling to access government assistance.
Amid scare of Mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’, reports of an infection called ‘white fungus’ in Bihar has spurred fear across the country which is reeling under the devastating second wave of the COVID pandemic.
Transcript: The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, 5/5/21 Guests: Jen Golbeck, David Jolly, Nahid Bhadelia May 6, 2021, 3:00 AM UTC Liz Cheney warns GOP about Trump and threat to democracy. Cheney is on brink of being ousted from GOP leadership. Former President Donald Trump allies blast Facebook for banning him. Trump and top Republicans back Elise Stefanik to replace Cheney. Republicans are salivating over the prospect of reversing that dynamic and erasing the Democrats` six-seat advantage. India records deadliest day with 3,780 more COVID fatalities. Biden supports lifting patent protections f...
Maybe India’s leaders, policy makers, judges should spend some time visiting a Covid ICU May 17, 2021, 8:56 PM IST A journalist who has lived all over India and is now based in Bangalore During the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, quite a few journalists, especially those working for the TV news-channels, would spend an hour or so visiting the Covid iCU of hospitals. The telecasts would show scribes reporting from the nearest Covid ICU, covered head to foot in PPE (personal protective equipment). The scribes would report on how cumbersome it w...