Coronavirus: India's doctors and health workers adding the growing number of deaths
He was taken to hospital, where he died the following afternoon.
Doctors and health workers are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19 in India, with reports of a lack of personal protective equipment , long shifts and of hospitals being ill-prepared for this health emergency. They coordinate and track 38 ambulances in a district that caters to 4.5 million inhabitants of Ghaziabad, a town near the country's capital Delhi.In between his calls, Mr Yadav says:"In the beginning, I was afraid. But not anymore - I believe I am doing good work and so I will not get the disease."
For decades, successive governments have spent about 1.2% of India's GDP on public health care, and so the infrastructure is inadequate and in many places almost non-existent.There is still no sign of India hitting the peak of its outbreak
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