Criticism mounts as New Delhi hospital beds run out amid COVID-19 surge


  • World
  • Monday, 15 Jun 2020

Workers sit on a platform next to parked passenger trains that will be equipped for the care of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients amidst the spread of the disease, in New Delhi, India, June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's capital is fast running out of hospital beds amid a surge in coronavirus cases and is struggling to contain the pandemic, after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon.

Some families of people infected with COVID-19 have complained about having to hunt for beds for their relatives after hospitals turned them away.

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