This Doctor Struggled To Find A Bed In His Own Hospital

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Dr. Manish Jangra from Delhi's RML Hospital says he had a tough time finding a bed there after testing positive for Covid-19. Watch him narrate his ordeal...

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00:00My name is Dr. Manish Zagora. I am a doctor at RML Hospital.

00:07I am not getting a bed here.

00:11Even after becoming a doctor, the HIV-positive people have filled up the beds.

00:31You are not saving your doctors. You are not saving the corona warriors.

00:35You are letting them die.

00:37So how can you expect the country to get out of this corona epidemic?

00:437-8 days ago, I went to RML Hospital to get my COVID test done.

00:50My test was done after at least an hour.

00:54Before me, the VIP people were tested.

00:58Because it was a VIP center.

01:00The doctors were told that only MPMLA tests are done here.

01:05This is not for you.

01:07But now they have changed its name to COVID Center 2.

01:11Because since the Federation of Whole India Medical Association had sent a letter to Mr. Modi,

01:16since then its name has changed.

01:18After that, unfortunately, my test was COVID positive.

01:23I was not in a good condition.

01:26Still, I decided to do home isolation.

01:30I did not need a bed.

01:32So that one bed can be given to another needy person.

01:36So I stayed at home in isolation.

01:39But on the 5th day, my condition started deteriorating.

01:43And I started getting very severe, uncontrollable, intolerable cough.

01:49Along with that, I had a fever and I started vomiting.

01:53And my heart rate reached 160.

01:56So I asked my friend for help.

01:59And my friend, Dr. Arun Garg, who is in surgery here,

02:03he dropped me on the bike.

02:07And he took me to Trauma Triage to get me admitted here.

02:11I spent 40 minutes outside the Trauma Triage road.

02:17After that, I got oxygen here by sitting on a stretcher,

02:22on a double bed.

02:23A woman was lying next to me.

02:26I had no problem with this because there was a lot of crowd here.

02:29And everyone was in need.

02:31I was not alone in need.

02:33After that, I told all my friends to get me a bed.

02:37All my friends here tried a lot.

02:40I called a lot of professors here.

02:43They helped me a lot.

02:45After 40 minutes, I got a bed on the first floor of RML Hospital.

02:50And I got admitted there.

02:53And I stayed on oxygen for two days.

02:57Now my condition has improved a little.

03:00But after talking a little too much, I have a little difficulty breathing.

03:04I just want to tell you that you think for yourself

03:08that a doctor has to struggle so much to get a bed.

03:13So, how much will a common man have to do?

03:16The RML administration is still not doing anything about it.

03:21Even today, many of our resident doctors told me that they went to get their sample.

03:26Before that, they stood for three hours, leaving their OPD.

03:30And before that, the VIP people got their sample.

03:33They already book it.

03:35I don't know where they book it from.

03:36I still don't understand.

03:38And our administration is quietly sitting on it.

03:40You are not saving your doctors.

03:42You are not saving the corona warriors.

03:43You are letting them die.

03:44So, how can you expect the country to get out of this corona epidemic?

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