“We’re cannon fodder, that’s all” Indian health care workers cry out for basic PPE as official deaths skyrocket past 300,000
A nightmare scenario continues to unfold in India where, according to the official count, more than two people are dying from COVID-19 every minute.
On Sunday, the world’s second most populous country hit the grim milestone of 300,000 official deaths, joining the United States and Brazil as the only countries to surpass this figure. Last week, on May 19, India reached another somber milestone, when it officially recorded 4,529 COVID-19 deaths, surpassing the 4,475 deaths reported in the US on January 12 and setting a new one-day global record.
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‘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.
‘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.