In Mr Jain’s case, the first two hospitals refused to take his brother-in-law, saying there were no beds. He was admitted by a third hospital but it discharged him after he tested positive for Covid 19, saying it did not have an isolation ward.
“They had no ambulances so I had to arrange for a private ambulance. The ambulance didn’t have an oxygen cylinder. I begged the hospital to give me one but they refused,” said Mr Jain.
A fourth hospital also had no beds and referred him to a fifth, where he and his sister, the wife of the patient, had to physically move the sick man from the ambulance to the room because health workers were overwhelmed by other Covid 19 cases.
Tragically, Mr Jain’s brother-in-law, a businessman, died on June 3 from Covid 19. Mr Jain’s sister and her children, aged 21, 18 and 12, have tested positive and are now in home quarantine.
Mr Jain said: “He passed away before my eyes. The hospital said you should cremate the body yourself. At the crematorium, me and my nephew, 18, bought PPE kits, which is sold there and we had to do the last rites ourselves.
Source: Coronavirus: Hospitals overwhelmed in Delhi and other major Indian cities, South Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
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