A man takes a family member to a free oxygen support centre being run by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Photo: AFP
The missteps that led India into an oxygen shortage amid a devastating Covid-19 surge
- Supply has been boosted and donations are coming in, but patients still suffocate to death in hospitals and relatives are seeking supplies on the black market
- Poor planning and logistical problems have played a part, as have superspreader events, religious beliefs about cow dung, and a flesh-eating black fungus
A man takes a family member to a free oxygen support centre being run by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Photo: AFP
