Journalist with @BBCWorld । Former BureauChief & Associate Editor @CNBCTV18live
#RamnathGoenkaAward 2016 #RedInkAwards 2017,2019 #CJEA 2018
Apr 30, 2021 • 17 tweets • 11 min read
Back to reporting after ~4 weeks of battling the virus, being a caregiver to 3 in family, finding hospital beds, labs, struggling to seek info about hospitalised parents. All this in a small town. Was lucky though to have eventually found resources & recover. Many are not #Thread
The chaos, health infra in JSR, my hometown & a fairly developed city, has given a 1st hand experience of healthcare in small towns. Doesn't end at lack of infra. Sheer negligence & under-preparedness both by govt & ppl is beyond belief. Story same across tier 2&3 towns in India