Prognosis
Doctors on 48-Hour Shifts as India’s Hospitals Pushed to Brink
- Health care workers report increasing burnout and depression
- Bad health infrastructure worsens the load on all workers
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It is the silent toll of India’s deadly second wave.
After a terrifying month that saw Covid-19 overwhelm the country’s run down health system, doctors and nurses on the pandemic frontlines say they were pushed into physical and mental exhaustion as they fought to keep their patients alive.