In the meantime, Yogendra was running a very high fever and his doctor advised him to look for a hospital bed, which turned out to be another daunting task.
The family’s story is not unique.
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In recent days in India, social media has been awash with desperate requests for help finding the drugs remdesivir and tocilizumab.
The antiviral drug remdesivir is being prescribed by doctors across the country, and it is in high demand.
India’s health ministry recommends six doses of 100mg vials for a patient for one course of the drug, but doctors say up to eight doses are needed in some cases.
“I had to spend so much money to get the drug, said Atul Garg, whose mother was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi.
Maharashtra state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asked the federal government to send oxygen by army aircraft, as road transportation was taking too long to replenish the supply in hospitals.
A recent report said that the metal structure of the furnaces inside a crematorium in the western Indian city of Surat had started melting because it had been running day and night without any break.
“We did not learn lessons from the first wave.