COVID-19: Doctors scramble for oxygen supplies as India's coronavirus crisis worsens

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COVID-19: Doctors scramble for oxygen supplies as India's coronavirus crisis worsens
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A Sky News team spends the day in one New Delhi hospital with doctors saying the crisis should be treated 'like an earthquake'. Read the full eyewitness report from AlexCrawfordSky in India 👇

We found an incredibly packed intensive care unit at the Holy Family hospital in New Delhi with every available space taken up with patients.

Outside there was a constant stream of ambulances and vehicles bringing sick people to the department entrance.The entire time we were with Dr Ray, who is head of the intensive care unit as well as the hospital, he was engaged in constant telephone calls urging staff to put out SOS distress calls for more oxygen supplies and trying to track down suppliers.

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