Delhi government introduced price caps on Covid-19 care at private hospitals, but failed to enforce them. This put the city’s residents, already struggling with trauma and loss, under tremendous financial strain.
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Overwhelmed medical centers turn away sick
What is the emotional toll of the crisis?
The surge in deaths has overwhelmed crematoriums. Many are continuing to face shortages of wood for funeral pyres.
Some people in the western city of Surat have resorted to burning wood that is not entirely dry and crop waste, pouring petrol on the pyre, reported news agency AFP. Seeing people die, having to emotionally support families and feeling like you couldn t do enough, Inayat Singh Kakar, a volunteer working with the People s Health Movement India, told DW. I think it is very, very distressing at the moment. And it is leading to a sense of helplessness and fear about the current situation.