health care system in India during first and second wave of coronavirus
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The Union government proclaimed victory against COVID-19 in September 2020. The result was an unrelenting, unforgiving second wave
By Sumanta Roy, Saurav Bose
Published: Tuesday 25 May 2021
A steep decline in the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in September 2020 prompted the Union government to trumpet exaggerated claims — that the war against the disease had been miraculously won. The negligence as well as the systematic failure prevented them from anticipating the looming threat of a second wave, despite several health professionals cautioning against it.
In early March, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan declared that India was in the “end game” of COVID-19. Subsequently, the public dropped its guards. Religious, political and social gatherings became a common sight, fuelling a false sense of normalcy.
The result: A lethal, unrelenting wave of COVID-19 wave, speckled by an acute shortage of oxygen and an overburdened healthcare system bursting at the seams