Apr 24, 2021
Delhi is known to have among the best healthcare facilities in India, but it has been brought to its knees by the latest surge in cases. Crematoriums are holding mass cremations, and working day and night in several cities. "During the first phase of coronavirus, the average here was eight to 10, one day it reached 18. But today the situation is very bad. Last night we cremated 78 bodies," Jitender Singh Shunty, who runs a crematorium in northeast Delhi. "It is four times more frightful, this coronavirus... Many bodies are around, waiting. We have no place left in the crematorium to cremate them. Very bad times, very bad times," he added.
‘Covid-19: Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen supplies’, BBC
