Covid-19 pandemic bares untapped home healthcare services in India

The shortage is magnified in clinicians, nurses and doctors focused on general and internal medicine, said Vishal Bali Founder, Nightingale

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Anjuli Bhargava  |  New Delhi 

In Delhi’s Greater Kailash, Alka Sahni began to panic as her sister Asha’s condition worsened. Fearing the worst, she frantically drove her sister to the nearest hospital. In Bengaluru, Neelkanth Vaidya, a professor, tried several hospitals in the city before heading to one on the outskirts, where he felt his Covid-positive wife would be treated.

The 51-year-old had a cough, mild fever and a few other symptoms. But Vaidya did not want to take a chance. As it happened, neither Asha nor the profess­or’s wife needed hospitalisation. After being exa­m­ined, both ...

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First Published: Thu, May 13 2021. 06:05 IST
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