“Public showed COVID-inappropriate behaviour and physicians followed COVID-inappropriate treatment”

The country is grappling with the rapid surge in COVID cases in the second wave. As we continue to record grave COVID statistics, everyone wants to know the state of the pandemic in India. Will we be able to contain the virus spread anytime soon? Will the country continue to face oxygen and drug shortages? How effective or rampant are the treatments being doled out?

To answer some of these pertinent questions, Dr Dinesh K Singhal, Interventional Cardiologist, NJ, USA along with his fellow moderators Dr Meena Murthy- Endocrinologist, and Dr Balaji Yegneswaran, Intensivist, spoke to a noteworthy panel of experts on his HeartBeat Show. The panel consisted of Dr Sunil Kumar – Director General Health Services, India, Dr Ritu Arora – Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and Dr Mridul K Daga – Professor and Intensivist, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

The second COVID wave in India


Dr Dinesh K Singal – Interventional Cardiologist, NJ, USA started the conversation by asking Dr Sunil Kumar – Director General Health Services, India his perspective on how things were in the last wave in comparison to the second wave and how the country is facing the grave challenges. Dr Kumar said, “We were having a reasonably good time the previous time, but that time lasted for a very short period of time. Soon, we were engulfed in a huge wave and there are various reasons for this. The last 6-7 weeks have been terrible. We have been witnessing a huge rise in cases across…