Patients Turn to Unlicensed Clinics as COVID Spreads in Villages
The poor health infrastructure and lack of testing means many patients don t know if they are COVID-19 positive or just have a cold.
A woman in a mask lays on a cot on a mud floor. Photo: Reuters
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Parsaul village: A former hospital worker with no medical education is running a small unlicensed clinic, tending to patients with breathing difficulties and checking their oxygen levels as they lie on cots on the mud floor.
India has been hit hard by the second wave of coronavirus infections which has overwhelmed its health system, even in big cities.
भारत में कोरोना वायरस संक्रमण की दूसरी लहर ने जमकर तबाही मचाई है. महामारी से जारी इस जंग में भारत को 42 देशों का साथ मिला है. जिसमें से 21 देशों की मदद भारत पहुंच चुकी है.
A Covid-19 patient at the emergency ward at Holy Family Hospital in Delhi | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
The devastation caused by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India is being particularly felt in the capital. In Delhi, death and despair have maintained lockstep with the virus’s unrelenting spread.
Delhi on Thursday reported 24,235 infections and 395 official deaths, although reports from the city’s crematoriums suggest that the toll is much higher. Heart-rending pleas for oxygen cylinders and medical drugs fill social media. Whole families have fallen sick, leaving them unable to arrange for transport for their loved ones to hospitals or gather the resources needed to ensure home care.
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Actor urges fans to stay at home
New Delhi: Telugu superstar Allu Arjun has tested positive for COVID-19.
The Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’ actor took to his Twitter account on Wednesday (April 28) to share the news with his fans.
“Hello everyone! I have tested positive for Covid. I have isolated myself. I request those who have come in contact with me to get tested. I request all my well wishers and fans not to worry as I am doing fine . Stay home, stay safe,” read the 38-year-old post.
Hello everyone!
I request those who have come in contact with me to get tested.
Patients at a temporary converted isolation ward for Covid-19 patients near LNJP Hospital, New Delhi.
NEW DELHI: In the second wave of Covid-19 this year, the older population continues to be more vulnerable whereas only a marginal increase has been recorded in the number of younger people testing positive for coronavirus, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director-general, Dr Balram Bhargava on Monday.
Nearly six months after the arrival of the first wave, coronavirus cases in India once again started rising in the first week of March signalling the arrival of the second wave of the pandemic in the country.