: In photos: A 36-year-old woman’s death provides a snapshot of the Covid-19 crisis in Indian villages #IndiaNEWS The catastrophic effects of the coronavirus pandemic are being felt all over India,

In photos: A 36-year-old woman’s death provides a snapshot of the Covid-19 crisis in Indian villages #IndiaNEWS
The catastrophic effects of the coronavirus pandemic are being felt all over India, especially in remotely located villages and towns. In places where healthcare facilities are severely limited and access to medical attention in the case of emergencies is difficult, Covid-19 patients are dying without being given a fighting chance. As of May 27, the official toll from the pandemic in India stood at 311,388. But the actual number of fatalities is estimated to be far higher.This photo essay by Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captures in miniature the story of how the pandemic is wreaking havoc across rural India. Pramila Devi was 36. She was married to 43-year-old Suresh Kumar and had three children. She died in her village in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district on May 23, a day after testing positive for Covid-19, according to Sankalp Phartiyal’s report. Pramila Devi had been showing Covid-19 symptoms for over a week. After she tested positive at a government dispensary in Kaljikhal, she was advised to get admitted to a better-equipped facility. The dispensary had four beds for Covid-19 patients and only one doctor and a oxygen cylinder and concentrator each, the report said. Unable to afford the hospitalisation, Pramila Devi’s husband took her back home. Her nephew Rajesh Kumar...Read more

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