Unlike the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the second wave has affected rural India as well, with oxygen shortage crippling treatment of patients at hospitals. Bihar's Buxar district is facing a similar crisis, and the old Sadar Hospital, which houses a Covid-19 care centre, has been forced to turn away patients due to a shortage of medical oxygen.
Besides the oxygen crisis, the negligence of the administration in following Covid-19 protocols was also visible. Relatives and family members were seen sitting with Covid-19 patients inside the ward without wearing PPE kits. The hospital does not even have basic medicines and relatives are being asked to procure them from outside.
