Second Wave COVID-19: Licking Wounds as the Dust Settles
Second wave of the pandemic struck us sometime towards the end of February’21 and over the next three months, we were engulfed into a tsunami that saw more than 3000 cases coming into the hospital in critical state, with almost a fourth of them succumbing to this dreaded disease despite the efforts of each and everyone in the team. While similar numbers, if not worse were pouring in from few other centers, we felt proud that our team had come out unscathed after braving the odds and saving lives and lungs in one of the busiest of hospitals. While we went about doing this Himalayan task with total disregard to safety of our own and our families, we learnt each moment that the challenges we faced were making us stronger and wiser for the next day. That we were overwhelmed, atleast transiently, by this wave of pandemic that struck us as it did the rest of the world was a foregone conclusion by any assessment. But the courage and fortitude shown by each member of the team in standi...