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“There is no dignity in death here. Instead of mourning our dead, we are fighting with the fear that they should get a space for burial”
Muhammad Yusuf, New Delhihttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">In the simmering heat, Muhammad struggled to find a place to bury his mother who died on Friday at home.“There is no dignity in death here. Instead of mourning our dead, we are fighting with the fear that they should get a space for burial”" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣️" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes">Muhammad Yusuf, New Delhihttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">In the simmering heat, Muhammad struggled to find a place to bury his mother who died on Friday at home.“There is no dignity in death here. Instead of mourning our dead, we are fighting with the fear that they should get a space for burial”" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
“There is desperation among people all around. Covid has overwhelmed Delhi, not just its hospitals and graveyards,” he said
In western India said 22 patients died in the Zakir Hussain Hospital hospital in Nashik when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leakage in a supply tank" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📍" title="Runde Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Runde Reißzwecke">In western India said 22 patients died in the Zakir Hussain Hospital hospital in Nashik when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leakage in a supply tank" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The daughter, whose name was not given, said her mother had been in hospital for 5 days and had "recovered" from the worst of her illness when she died due to oxygen deprivation.
"There was no oxygen, she died in agony"
"She had trouble breathing, she died. Everyone there (in the ward) died," she said.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">Major hospitals in India have launched urgent appeals for oxygen, that have now been met with foreign aid" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> "She had trouble breathing, she died. Everyone there (in the ward) died," she said.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">Major hospitals in India have launched urgent appeals for oxygen, that have now been met with foreign aid" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
"I have never seen such a rush of bodies. We are now turning down many requests for burial because we can’t accommodate everyone”
Mohammad Shamim, New Delhi https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">The supervisor of the capital& #39;s largest burial ground said: "I have never seen such a rush of bodies. We are now turning down many requests for burial because we can’t accommodate everyone”" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣️" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes"> Mohammad Shamim, New Delhi https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">The supervisor of the capital& #39;s largest burial ground said: "I have never seen such a rush of bodies. We are now turning down many requests for burial because we can’t accommodate everyone”" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
“It looked nothing less than a war zone with dead bodies lying around all over and men in PPE kits appearing as soldiers in uniform guarding their martyrs and getting ready for another round of a deadly battle”
A nearby local said: “It looked nothing less than a war zone with dead bodies lying around all over and men in PPE kits appearing as soldiers in uniform guarding their martyrs and getting ready for another round of a deadly battle”" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣️" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes">A nearby local said: “It looked nothing less than a war zone with dead bodies lying around all over and men in PPE kits appearing as soldiers in uniform guarding their martyrs and getting ready for another round of a deadly battle”" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The UK announced on Sunday it will send life-saving medical equipment to India.
It will ship more than 600 pieces of equipment to New Delhi to support its fight against the virus
Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged the UK would do "all it can" to help.
In total, 9 airline container-loads of supplies were due to leave the UK on Sunday, including:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">495 oxygen concentrators
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">120 non-invasive ventilators
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis">20 manual ventilators
In total, 9 airline container-loads of supplies were due to leave the UK on Sunday, including:
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