The burden to screen and cure COVID-19 infected patients is overwhelming healthcare institutions, and patients with other conditions and ailments are facing hardships in this already perilous time. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted almost all the global medical resources and infrastructure towards the management of infected persons. Hospitals are struggling to best treat the overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 patients with minimal available resources. In this emergency, several patients with conditions other than COVID-19 are facing extreme difficulties.
They are the unsung warriors who are prolonging their ailments only to ensure that the COVID-affected people get the best treatment. Thousands of individuals in India travel from rural areas to cities to seek medical advice. Such patients now have to wait because of the non-functional outpatient departments and limited hospital services.…
