Covid 19 coronavirus: 'Cannon fodder'- Medical students in India feel betrayed, neglected
27 Apr, 2021 10:20 PM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi's government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a Covid-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country's health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has Covid-19.