India's healthcare system is bursting at the seams as brutal COVID-19 wave spreads to small towns
The second COVID-19 wave has reached India's small towns and the countryside, ripping through a fragile health system not equipped to deal with such a large public health crisis.
Reuters
May 17, 2021 / 17:33 IST
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Patients receive treatment inside the COVID-19 ward of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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A patient receives treatment inside the COVID-19 ward of a government-run hospital, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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Relatives carry Bhagirath Singh, who is experiencing breathing problems, to a government-run hospital for treatment, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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A woman with breathing problems waits for treatment at a health centre, amidst the COVID-19, in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
A man speaks on the phone as a doctor tries to revive his wife inside an emergency ward of a government-run hospital, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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A healthcare worker walks past oxygen cylinders outside a COVID-19 intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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Relatives help Jagdish Singh out of an ambulance outside a government-run hospital to receive treatment, amidst COVID-19, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
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A man weeps as his mother is being treated inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. (Image: Reuters)
