“What is most stressful these days is this feeling of total helplessness, says Dr Amir Maroof Khan, 44, a professor of community medicine at Delhi’s University College of Medical Sciences. Medical science teaches us to treat patients, but it does not really equip us to face acute non-availability of critical resources, like oxygen, ventilators, intensive care beds.” Khan is recovering from Covid-19 at home, but his doctor wife and mother-in-law are still in hospital. He has lost five relatives and friends in the last three days alone. “There is a growing shortage of manpower in hospitals. Doctors and nurses are falling sick, catching the virus. The only time I am not worried is when I am cooking for my children.”