Zia ur-Rehman and Emily Schmall, The New York Times
Published: 19 Dec 2020 11:18 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 11:18 PM BdST The Holy Family Hospital, one of the busiest government hospitals in the city of Rawalpindi. Low infection rates over the summer lulled many in Pakistan into a false sense of security. Saiyna Bashir for The New York Times.
Iqbal Shaheen, a taxi driver, drove his sick father to this city’s three main hospitals. All of their intensive care beds and ventilators were occupied. );
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Shaheen was told there might be room at a private hospital, for $625 a day, far above what his earnings of $10 a day could cover. He took his father home to die.