When COVID-19 cases touched 90,000 in July in Delhi, doctors converted the Commonwealth Stadium into a 500-bed hospital in a week.
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It has been nearly 24 hours since Dr Ravikant Singh has slept and his phone is buzzing non-stop. Patiently, he returns each call and comes up with a way to solve various problems – from his team member catching COVID-19, a lack of PPE kits to getting a signature from a government official.
Dr Ravikant may not remember the last time he ate a proper meal but he surely knows the exact number of COVID-19 patients in makeshift centres built by his organisation, ‘Doctors For You’ (DFY), in 12 states to provide free treatment.
After doing his rounds in the makeshift COVID-19 centre in Patna, where he is currently stationed, he quickly calls an ambulance driver in Mumbai to check if he is recovering well from the deadly virus.
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