Page 15 - Sumit Ray News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

One hospital chief in New Delhi told NPR it was difficult to walk at times in the overwhelmed emergency room. "It's nearly impossible to walk sometimes in the [emergency room]," Dr. Sumit Ray, critical care chief at Holy Family Hospital, told the outlet. "Sometimes we have to keep the patient in the ER for hours, for a day or two, because we don't have a bed in the wards or in the [intensive care unit]." Overall, demand for hospital oxygen has increased sevenfold since last month, a government official said, as India scrambles to set up large oxygen plants and transport oxygen. India created ...

Doctors make life-and-death decisions as India's battle against COVID-19 rages on As India's health-care system teeters on the verge of collapse during a brutal second wave of the novel coronavirus, a young doctor is among the medical professionals forced to decide who will live and who will die at a New Delhi hospital. Social Sharing One resident doctor's duties in a New Delhi hospital provide a glimpse of the challenge facing India Thomson Reuters · Posted: May 05, 2021 7:22 PM ET | Last Updated: May 5 Rohan Aggarwal, a 26-year-old resident doctor, puts on personal protective equipment b...

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 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 – pat...

Pressure grows for new national lockdown as India breaks global record with 400k daily cases Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has so far resisted imposing nationwide restrictions, is worried about a backlash over livelihoods People receive oxygen support for free at a Gurudwara Sikh temple in Ghaziabad Credit: DANISH SIDDIQUI /Reuters India’s most senior opposition politician, Rahul Gandhi, has demanded a nationwide lockdown, as pressure grows on Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, with India reporting a global record of 412,626 new daily cases on Wednesday. Thousands of Indians are dying outs...

NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Dr Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He does not even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor that 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 coronavirus, Dr 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.