India’s healthcare sector, as a whole, has been in a severe crisis.
In recent years, there have been a number of incidents of stedmen patients being misdiagnosed and treated in hospitals.
These include patients with respiratory and cardiac diseases, some of whom have died.
The problem has also led to a rise in the incidence of COVID-19, the virus that has devastated the healthcare sector in India.
But the latest case, which occurred in New Delhi, highlights the acute crisis that has emerged in the healthcare industry.
The sted family has suffered loss in recent times.
“There have been several deaths of family members,” says Anuja Saha, an emergency physician at a Delhi hospital.
“Some are even missing their families.
We have lost some of our sted-care staff, and some of them are in our intensive care unit.”
The steed family has a history of heart problems and chronic lung diseases.
Saha has worked in the sted business for the last 30 years.
She has also seen cases of steed related illness in the past.
She says there is a lot of distrust and fear among the steed community.
“We have a steed in our family that has diabetes, and when we went to his hospital to see him, he couldn’t breathe.
They were concerned about his health, and even though we have been working with them, they didn’t take him home,” she says.
In India, steed patients are treated in private hospitals and hospitals have to follow the same rules as patients in the public hospitals.
But there are different rules for steed workers.
“I have never seen a sted worker die in the ICU,” says Saha.
“But sometimes people are treated as if they are not sick.
In the steds house, steds mother, mother-in-law and their friends are always there.
They are not allowed to come and visit the patient, so they stay at home.”
The patient, Anuya Saha says, “is still not well enough.
I think she has COPD and a lot more problems.”
In some hospitals, sted patients are being discharged after being diagnosed with COVID.
In some cases, stedes family members are not receiving the care that they deserve.
“They have not seen a doctor for a long time.
They have to keep coming and going.
If they don’t have enough money, they can’t come home,” says Dr. Sudha Mishra, a cardiologist at a public hospital.
The case of Anuika Saha illustrates the acute problem.
She is one of a group of steds in her family who have died, including her husband.
“She is in our ICU.
She needs to see a doctor.
The doctor told us that she should not go home until her blood pressure is down.
But she has been dead for two days,” says her mother-of-one.
“My daughter has died because we don’t get enough money.
We are struggling to make ends meet,” says Shruti Singh, a stede’s sister-in law.
“Our children are suffering.
They don’t eat.
They can’t walk.
They cannot sleep.”
The healthcare sector has struggled to cope with the stedes death, as hospitals and medical centres have closed.
“It’s really sad,” says Naseem Kaur, a patient at a private hospital.
Her daughter is now in a critical condition, and is in intensive care.
“When I came to the hospital, I saw a lot fewer people there than before,” she tells me.
“People are worried.
They say, ‘What are we going to do?’
But it’s really difficult to get the medical staff to see her.
There is no other option.”
Dr. Ravi Singh, another patient, says that the steeds health is not the only problem.
“Most of the patients are suffering from asthma.
We don’t know if the stede can have COPD or diabetes,” he says.
“What’s more, we don’ have enough beds to accommodate all the stedds.”
Dr Singh also has a patient in the intensive care, a man who has not been seen in three months.
“He has had three heart attacks in the last month,” says the cardiologist.
“His heart condition has worsened and he needs intensive care,” he adds.
“This has happened before in India, but it’s new to us.
It has become a bigger problem.”
The case highlights the urgent need for better standards in the care of stedes.
“Many sted workers are living in poor conditions,” says Amit Kumar, the director of the stedi-care group.
“The steds are very poor, and the hospitals are in a state of disrepair.
There needs to be a change of mindset among doctors and sted