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Ambulances queue outside hospital in western Ahmedabad Richest state began lockdown at midnight to rein in spread Weekend curfew among new curbs ordered in New Delhi (Recasts)
By Neha Arora and Sachin Ravikumar
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, April 15 (Reuters) - Many Indians scrambled on Thursday to secure beds in hospitals for relatives stricken with coronavirus as infections surged to a daily record, overwhelming medical facilities and drying up oxygen supplies.
A massive second wave of infections is centred on the rich state of Maharashtra, which makes up a quarter of the tally, and is spreading wider as doctors and experts blame everything from official complacency to aggressive variants.
New Delhi: Many Indian hospitals were scrambling for beds and oxygen as COVID-19 infections surged to a new daily record on Thursday, with a second wave of infections centred on the rich western state of Maharashtra.
Experts blamed everything from official complacency to aggressive variants. The government blamed a widespread failure to practise physical distancing and wear face masks.
“The situation is horrible,” said Avinash Gawande, an official at a government hospital in the industrial city of Nagpur that was battling a flood of patients, as were hospitals in neighbouring Gujarat state and New Delhi in the north.
“We are a 900-bed hospital, but there are about 60 patients waiting and we don’t have space for them.” Maharashtra, home to the financial capital of Mumbai, began a lockdown at midnight, a move that spurred a rush to stockpile essential items in advance.
Patients at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in Delhi.
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Ambulances ferried patients to overflowing casualty ward at LNJP hospital
Some also arrived in buses and three-wheeled autorickshaws
New Delhi:
Gasping for air, two men wearing oxygen masks share a bed in a government hospital in Delhi, victims of the country s growing COVID-19 crisis.
From reporting under 10,000 new daily cases earlier this year, daily infections crossed 200,000 on Thursday in India, according to official data, the highest anywhere in the world.
At Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), one of India s largest Covid-only facilities with more than 1,500 beds, a stream of ambulances ferried patients to the overflowing casualty ward on Thursday.
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NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Many Indians scrambled on Thursday to secure beds in hospitals for relatives stricken with coronavirus as infections surged to a daily record, overwhelming medical facilities and drying up oxygen supplies.
FILE PHOTO: People are seen in a crowded marketplace amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
A massive second wave of infections is centred on the rich state of Maharashtra, which makes up a quarter of the tally, and is spreading wider as doctors and experts blame everything from official complacency to aggressive variants.