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 Sadanand Patel, 30, is receiving such little treatment that he s scared he will die in the very hospital that s meant to save him. He told CNN, through laboured breathing from his hospital bed: I am very scared, if my health gets critical I don t think they will be able to save me. The report said he watched two men in beds nearby scream for medicine only to die within hours when their oxygen appeared to run out . But he s not the only one. Desperate pleas scatter social media with the names of patients and desperate families pleading with Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal for more supplies.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Hospital crisis in India with patients begging to leave
3 May, 2021 06:46 PM
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
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As India continues to struggle to contain its second wave, one makeshift hospital is so bad that patients are now begging to leave .
The crisis has spiked to a point where local media are calling the situation grim , with critical patients dropping dead in cardboard beds and on the side of the road as they wait for available space.
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500 beds available but only 123 admitted at Sardar Patel Centre
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Man made to wait for 2 hours dies; relatives allege doctors refused to check him
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An ambulance carrying a patient on oxygen support outside Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre in Chhatarpur on Monday.
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Man made to wait for 2 hours dies; relatives allege doctors refused to check him
Around 2 p.m., outside the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre, two women were crying aloud next to a 45-year-old man, who was lying on the back seat of a car. He was not moving or responding to their calls.