Mujib Mashal and Sameer Yasir, The New York Times
Published: 19 May 2021 12:31 PM BdST
Updated: 19 May 2021 12:31 PM BdST Health care workers help patients at a makeshift facility in Delhi on April 30, 2021. More than 1,000 doctors, and an untold number of medical personnel, have died after coronavirus infections, and many suffer an emotional toll as they make tough decisions about who gets treated. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
The shifts are long, the wards full, the demand so urgent that medical students and interns have been coaxed into filling in. Hundreds of workers have died. Family members at home have fallen ill.
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Health care workers assembling at a naval hospital in Mumbai earlier this month. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times
Health care workers assembling at a naval hospital in Mumbai earlier this month. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Mujib Mashal and Sameer Yasir
More than 1,000 doctors, and an untold number of medical personnel, have died after coronavirus infections. Many suffer an emotional toll as they make tough decisions about who gets treated. The shifts are long, the wards full, the demand so urgent that medical students and interns have been coaxed into filling in. Hundreds of workers have died. Family members at home have fallen ill.