ON APRIL 22, when the first Covid case was reported from Burhanpur, near Madhya Pradesh’s border with Maharashtra, the district hospital had one ventilator, a severe shortage of doctors, and two ambulances with emergency support systems and two hired vehicles with basic equipment.
One month, 293 cases and 13 Covid deaths later, the main government healthcare facility has got more beds, but is still short of key equipment and doctors.
The Indian Express visited Burhanpur on its countrywide journey to track hospital inventory in Covid-care facilities far from urban areas — and found a district that is scrambling to contain the outbreak.
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