>> Sameer Yasir and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times
Published: 04 May 2021 08:45 AM BdST
Updated: 04 May 2021 08:45 AM BdST
People pick up oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients at a shop in Delhi, India, April 24, 2021. The New York Times
When the pipes carrying oxygen to critically ill COVID-19 patients stopped working at a hospital in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Sunday evening, relatives of sick patients used towels to fan their loved ones in an attempt to save them.
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Some anguished family members sent desperate pleas for oxygen on social media. Others grabbed their phones and frantically dialed local politicians. A few even sprinted down the hospital’s hallways, desperately searching for a doctor, a nurse, anyone, to help.