Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts
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Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts
Krutika Pathi And Yirmiyan Arthur
Associated Press
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Anil Sharma shows a photograph of his son Saurav who is being treated for COVID-19 at a private hospital in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Life is tentatively returning to normal in India as coronavirus cases fall. But millions are embroiled in a nightmare of huge piles of medical bills. Most Indians don t have health insurance and costs for COVID-19 treatment have them drowning in debt. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
NEW DELHI – As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India s new COVID-19 cases broke global records to reach 400,000 a day, Saurav was put on a ventilator.