Covid 19 coronavirus: Cannon fodder - Medical students in India feel betrayed, neglected
27 Apr, 2021 10:20 PM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a Covid-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has Covid-19.
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.
‘Cannon Fodder : Medical Students in India Feel Betrayed On Tuesday, India reported 323,144 new infections for a total of more than 17.6 million cases, behind only the United States By Neha Mehrotra and Aniruddha Ghosal •
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Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.
Since the beginning of the week, Dr Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache.
He took a COVID-19 test but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.
“I am not able to breathe. In fact, I’m more symptomatic than my patients. So how can they make me work?” asked Tara.
People queue up to receive COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mumbai [Punit Paranjpe/AFP]On Wednesday, India’s health ministry reported 3,293 daily COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total of deaths from the virus to 201,187, as the world’s second-most populous country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.
‘Cannon Fodder : Medical Students in India Feel Betrayed On Tuesday, India reported 323,144 new infections for a total of more than 17.6 million cases, behind only the United States By Neha Mehrotra and Aniruddha Ghosal •
Published 4 hours ago •
Updated 2 hours ago
NBC Universal, Inc.
Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country’s health system implodes.
His hospital, overburdened and understaffed, wants him to keep working until the testing laboratory confirms he has COVID-19.