World News - NEW DELHI: Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left many doctors on the front lines of India's brutal pandemic surge near breaking point and fearful for their lives. Coronavirus infections have killed at least 165,000 people in the. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Low wages, 24-hour shifts, and severe shortages of staff and protective equipment have put many doctors on the frontline of the brutal epidemic in India on the verge of collapse and fear for their lives.
Since the beginning of April, in this vast South Asian country (which has some of the most densely populated cities in the world), the coronavirus infection has caused at least 165,000 deaths.
Although India’s recent COVID-19 surge has recently eased, about 3,000 people still die every day, and the chronically underfunded healthcare system is still under tremendous pressure.
Radha Jain, a doctor in the capital of New Delhi, told AFP: “We are overworked, stressed and very scared.”
Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left many doctors on the front lines of India’s brutal pandemic surge near breaking point and fearful for their lives.
Coronavirus infections have killed at least 165,000 people in the vast South Asian nation – home to some of the world’s most densely populated cities – since the start of April.
Although India’s latest COVID-19 surge has eased recently, about 3,000 people are still dying every day and the chronically underfunded healthcare system remains under severe pressure.
“We are overworked, stressed and very frightened,” Radha Jain, a doctor in the capital New Delhi, told the AFP news agency.