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Exhausted workers, who bring dead bodies for cremation, sit on the rear step of an ambulance inside a crematorium, in New Delhi, India, on April 24. Delhi has been cremating so many bodies of coronavirus victims that authorities are getting requests to start cutting down trees in city parks, as a second record surge has brought India s tattered healthcare system to its knees. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In May 2020, the last time I spoke with Mathew Abraham, C.Ss.R, M.D., the director general of the Catholic Health Association of India, he was profoundly concerned about how well India’s public health system would stand up to a significant coronavirus outbreak. Almost a year later as a second wave of Covid-19 has thrown India into turmoil, I emailed Father Abraham for what I assumed would be a sobering reassessment. Unfortunately, he was unable to speak with me this time. His secretary reported that he was out sick, recovering from his own bout of Covid-19.