Alasdair Pal
11 minute read
Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesnât even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy.
As India s healthcare system teeters on the verge of collapse during a brutal second wave of the novel coronavirus, Aggarwal makes those decisions during a 27-hour workday that includes a grim overnight shift in charge of the emergency room at his New Delhi hospital.
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In one of India’s best hospitals, a 26-year-old doctor decides who lives and dies as Covid-19 patients rush in
Dr Rohan Aggarwal is the one that must decide what happens when patients come to him gasping for breath.PHOTO: REUTERS REUTERS, NEW DELHI REUTERS, NEW DELHI
Dr Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He does not even complete his medical training until next year.
And yet, at one of the best hospitals in India, he is the doctor that must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy.