In 2021, India's Doctors  Vs. Covid-19 Second Wave - video Dailymotion

Nearly 800 doctors fighting in the frontline died of Covid-19 in 2021. This is how their everyday lives looked during the horrid second wave.

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00:00What would I do with the oxygen if it is not given in time?

00:03The job we are assigned is what is to be decided by God.

00:07Whom to be saved, whom not to be saved.

00:09Those were really trying times.

00:11And we used to work for almost 12-14 hours at a stretch.

00:30What job we are assigned is what is to be decided by God.

00:42Whom to be saved, whom not to be saved.

00:44And we are not made for that. We are just humans.

01:00What would I do with the oxygen if it is not given in time?

01:17What face I will show to God if my patient dies?

01:21What do I tell people? I could not give you oxygen.

01:24Very unfortunate condition.

01:26We probably, you see, we as a doctor, we as a hospital, we are supposed to give life.

01:32If we cannot give them oxygen even.

01:34What is the situation?

01:36When patient comes to, patient will die.

01:38Patient will die.

01:57Those were really trying times.

02:00And we used to work for almost 12-14 hours at a stretch.

02:05But the duty precedes that call.

02:09And that's why we keep on working.

02:12But that is very satisfying because no profession in the world is more satisfying than this profession of medicine.

02:20And I am very proud about being a doctor.

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