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Notes from the front line on what it's like to deal with Covid-19

Our health care workers who risk their lives to save ours share their experience of dealing with Covid-19

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When was the last time he had to inform someone that their loved one passed away as a result of Covid? “Just about half an hour ago,” recalled a doctor.

BS Weekend New Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai
As the lockdown curbs lift slowly and cases mount in India, health care workers know that their role in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has only just begun. Here, these vulnerable saviours who risk their lives to save ours share their experience of dealing with Covid-19.

Ankush Garg, Doctor, New Delhi

At 7 am, Ankush Garg wakes up at a 3-star OYO hotel, earmarked for doctors on Covid-19 duty, to prepare himself for the day. He has been entrusted with an arduous task — to take care of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.