UK-based doctors of Indian heritage are deploying telemedicine to their colleagues in the coronavirus-stricken nation to help them battle the escalating crisis there.
India is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, recording a new global record of 401,993 new cases on Saturday – taking its total number to 19.1 million.
Another 3,523 people died of the disease in the past 24 hours.
Members of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) are working to help their counterparts get some breathing space as case numbers grow.
BAPIO member Professor Parag Singhal told Sky News: “We are trying to do as much as we can in the form of fundraising to send equipment in the form of oxygen concentrators, creating capacity for ICU beds.