Covid 19 coronavirus: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
20 Apr, 2021 08:36 PM
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India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
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Seema Gandotra, sick with the coronavirus, gasped for breath in an ambulance for 10 hours as it tried unsuccessfully to find an open bed at six hospitals in India s sprawling capital. By the time she was admitted, it was too late, and the 51-year-old died hours later.
Rajiv Tiwari, whose oxygen levels began falling after he tested positive for the virus, has the opposite problem: He identified an open bed, but the resident of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh can t get to it. There is no ambulance to take me to the hospital, he said.