The pandemic has exposed the "worst features of our rotten system", With almost 30 lakh active cases and under reported deaths we as a nation are in a mess of our own creation.
If one goes by the report published by Dainik Bhaskar on the deaths in Indore and if those figures are extrapolated on pan India basis with some margin of error the figures of dead would be very very high and mind blowing.
The media is already awash with heartbreaking images, data and stories showing the failure of the country’s health system in the face of surging infections and deaths. The problem areas in India’s health system have been developing for many years, but we preferred not to see those and shoved them under the carpet, perhaps, Not knowing that a crisis is just brewing round the corner. We even did not take the warnings of First Wave seriously and rather became arrogant.
Only the Rich Have Right to Live ; India’s Health Care System.
After decades of under-investment in healthcare and preventive health, India has one of the most privatised health care systems in the world. As a consequence, healthcare costs are not only cause of poverty but also have sandwiched the people between the defunct public sector and the profit-focused private health care shops.
When countries like Vietnam, South Korea, China have successfully contained COVID-19 with fewer deaths, India’s thousands are struggling to find a hospital bed with oxygen supply, are gasping for breath and have died an ignominious death without adequate medical care.
Appallingly, the super-rich have taken advantage of the crisis.
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