https://www.afinalwarning.com/539585.html (Natural News) Hospitalizations in India soared over the past few months due to the emergence of the post-vaccine delta variant of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Many that survived their ordeals were left having to figure out how to pay off their medical debts. Faced with no other alternative, they turned to crowdfunding.
Indians have to beg to pay for hospital bills
Supraja Reddy Yeruva, 27, from the city of Hyderabad in the south-central state of Telangana, began showing symptoms of COVID-19 right at the tail end of her pregnancy. While she was giving birth to her second child, a boy, in June, she was unable to breathe properly.
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image captionMedical debt piled up as Covid hospitalisations soared in April and May
Hospitalisations soared in India during a deadly second Covid wave. Now, hobbled by patchy insurance, Indians are turning to crowdfunding to pay the steep medical bills, reports Astha Rajvanshi.
Supraja Reddy Yeruva was unable to breathe properly for days after giving birth to her second child in June. The 27-year-old began showing Covid-19 symptoms during her pregnancy, shortly after visiting a hospital for a routine check-up.
Soon, she contracted a severe lung infection and was admitted in the ICU at a private hospital in the southern city of Hyderabad. A month on, she is still there.