She fought Covid bravely for over 40 days. Doctors, nurses, hospital staff and social media ‘angels’ tried all they could, but lack of government preparation let her down.
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With Doctors and Patients Left Unattended, Who Is Indian Healthcare Caring For?
From patients and their families to exhausted healthcare workers, the 'system' is working for no one.
Quota of Grief
'What quota of grief is acceptable to reserve for yourself when your whole country burns, your whole country mourns?'
The Collectiveness of Suffering
We may have passed the previous year with little hope, 2021 is exhausting any that is left.
Unsung Heroes, and a Half-Cut Apple Cake
In memory of Ramesh, a 25-year-old ambulance driver who took responsibility when no one else did.
Pandemic and Pandemonium: A Doctor on India’s Kafkaesque Medical Reality
Using irony, satire and black humour, a doctor at a COVID-19 fever clinic breaks down the bureaucratic lunacy that plagues the Indian system.