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Covid in India: 26-year-old doctor decides who will live and who will die Filed on May 6, 2021 Dr. Aggarwal fears what will happen if he gets infected too New Delhi: Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesn't even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy. As India's healthcare system teeters on the verge of collapse during a brutal second wave of the novel coronavirus, Aggarwal makes t...

Anxious families of patients must realise that in the early stages of mild infection, paracetamol, hydration and good nourishment are enough, say doctors.

Listen • 5:46 COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing. Updated May 6, 2021 at 10:20 AM ET India has been setting daily records for positive coronavirus tests — more than 400,000 people on Wednesday alone. In New Delhi, the Holy Family Hospital is at 140% capacity. "It's nearly impossible to walk sometimes in the [emergency room]," said Dr. Sumit Ray, the hospital's critical care chief. "Sometimes we have to keep th...

Rebecca Conway/Getty Images toggle caption Rebecca Conway/Getty Images COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images India has been setting daily records for positive coronavirus tests — more than 400,000 people on Wednesday alone. In New Delhi, the Holy Family Hospital is at 140% capacity. "It's nearly impossible to walk sometimes in the [emergency room]," said Dr. Sumit Ra...

Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesn’t even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy. As India’s healthcare system teeters on the verge of collapse during a brutal second wave of the novel coronavirus, Aggarwal makes those decisions during a 27-hour workday that includes a grim overnight shift in charge of the emergency room at his New Delhi hospital. Everyone at Holy Family Hospital �...