India is hiring nurses on monthly contracts to fight Covid-19. The jobs have few takers.
Even during a pandemic, governments are unwilling to offer decent jobs to qualified nurses, resulting in exhaustion for those working on the frontlines. 2 hours ago A medical worker takes care of a Covid-19 patient in the ICU of the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Sharad Kendre graduated from a nursing college in Maharashtra’s Latur district eight years ago. But he is still waiting for an opportunity to use his skills, even as the coronavirus pandemic strains the state’s public health systems and forces health workers employed in hospitals to work long hours without a break.