Prognosis
India’s Health ‘Time Bomb’ Keeps Ticking, and It’s Not Covid-19
- Medical disruptions have set back India’s tuberculosis fight
- Everything from immunization to cancer care hurt by lockdown
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As India’s surging coronavirus caseload becomes an increasing worry for the globe, another health disaster is silently unfolding.
The world’s strictest lockdown crippled both routine and critical health services. More than a million children have missed crucial immunizations and hospital births have shown a sharp decline, indicating many women may have gone through unsafe childbirth at home. Outpatient critical care for cancer plunged 80% from February levels, the latest government data show.