India is arguably going through its biggest national crisis since independence when a bloody exchange of population with the newly-born Pakistan had impacted life and land on a massive scale.
The country is witnessing a disaster of Biblical proportions (a cliché but apt here), causing widespread disruption of life, sickness and death on a scale that even efficient governments of the West could not handle last year when United States, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and other powerful nations were brought to their knees. Most of these countries seem to be recovering or limping to normality now.
The virus humbled the mighty and the powerful in ways few could have imagined. What the western nations went through last year (paralysed health care, mass burials and pulverised economies), India is witnessing right now. The country’s hospitals and mortuaries are overflowing, doctors are tired, infected and dying. Denial of health care and shortages of oxygen appear to be killing more peopl
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Council supports upping mask bylaw fine to $500, but change won’t take effect yet
New Delhi: Doctors in India are concerned about an increasing number of potentially fatal fungal infections affecting either people who have COVID-19 or those who have recently recovered from the disease.
The condition, known as mucormycosis, has a high mortality rate and was present in India before the pandemic. It is caused by a mould that thrives in wet environments and can attack through the respiratory tract, potentially eroding facial structures and harming the brain.
The condition is relatively rare, but doctors and medical experts say it seems to be infecting some COVID patients whose weakened immune systems and underlying health conditions, particularly diabetes, leave them vulnerable.
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My COVID Story: How have you been impacted by coronavirus?
Postmedia is looking to speak with people who may have been impacted by COVID-19 here in Alberta.
Have you had an upcoming surgery postponed? Do you have a family member in the ICU, or have you recovered after spending time in the ICU? Have you changed your life for the better because of the pandemic? Send us an email at reply@calgaryherald.com to tell us your experience, or send us a message via this form.
Council supports upping mask bylaw fine to $500, but change won’t take effect yet