India lost seven times more doctors than soldiers in 2020
India lost seven times more doctors than soldiers in 2020
At least 734 doctors died in their line of duty while 106 personnel of the security forces made supreme sacrifices in the last year.
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The bigger battle in the year 2020 was fought in hospitals, where several frontline health workers lost their lives in the line of duty during the coronavirus pandemic. The lives lost by the Indian doctors were seven times more than the casualties in the Indian armed forces in 2020. At least 734 doctors died in their line of duty while 106 personnel of the security forces made supreme sacrifices in the last year.