A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 reacts at a crematorium in Jammu, India. Photo: AP/Channi Anand
Ravaged by a deadly second wave, India is facing a mammoth medical challenge as hundreds of thousands of patients face a lack of oxygen, hospital beds and anti-viral drugs. The shortages have forced desperate Indians to turn to the black market.
Hospitals in India are sending SOS alerts over the dearth of oxygen supplies for their Covid-19 patients as shortages of anti-viral drugs and equipment spawn a black market for desperate relatives.
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