Health workers alarmed as India runs out of hospital beds
Bishops, priests and nuns among Covid-19 patients as India reports more than 217,000 new cases on April 15
An Indian health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a passenger for Covid-19 screening on a railway platform in Mumbai on April 16. (Photo: Punit Paranjpe/AFP)
India’s Covid-19 care hospitals in many major cities, both government and private, have run out of space after a sudden spike in positive cases in the second wave of the pandemic, Catholic health workers say.
“Our hospitals do not have space for fresh admissions,” said Bishop Jose Chittooparambil of Rajkot in Gujarat state in western India, one of the worst-affected regions.