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as thousands of demonstrators marched against the president chi said security forces blocked off the area where for testers were demanding side restore parliament. and normal democratic rule, he sees nearly all powers in july and dismissed the government in him of critics brand that occur. sites at his actions were needed after years of political squabbling and failing economy. the sort of libby as woman dictate and mama gadhafi is registered as a candidate for the countries upcoming presidential election. 49 year old safer las lam gadhafi has barely been seen in a decade. he now says he wants to restore unity to libby or after years of conflict following his father's downfall. he's wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes. a day after 6 people died in mass protest against sedans, military take over the army, chief is chaired. the 1st meeting of the new sovereign council body replaces the power sharing arrangement that was dissolved by general abdel for town, but han late last month. now in our other headlines, austria is ordering millions of unvaccinated people into locked down for monday. as

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hello and welcome to context india. i'm free. the schools are coming to you from them by context. india re take the time to deliver a considered analysis of this country politics and his people. in each episode in the cities were taking a close look at a specific facet of what has perhaps been the biggest crisis india has faced since independence recovered pandemic. this our 4th and final episode we are examining the indian health gas sector. that crumbled under the pressure of the 2nd wave, of course 19, we will be looking at issues of insufficient investment and public health care. the severe shortage of oxygen in many parts of the country and india vaccine policy. i'll be speaking with case, which i have our former secretary of health for the government of india and sudan

shumate, the national spokesperson of the b g p. at the close of the 3 episode will be an excerpt from a piece of plan. demi god, music created in india through the call with month. this week with featuring, when job be in the single people are in use in april and me 2021 indian social media space was flooded with messages like these. ah, is he? the 2nd wave of colbert in india was wreaking havoc and it seemed as though the country's health care system was going under. the 1st of may 2021. these were the

tweets being posted by hospitals in the capital new delhi. ah, we have just lisa, everyone from the incident goes over the next 10 minutes. that will also them out. about half an hour after this video message was issued by the executive director of a private hospital in new delhi, 12 patients there died when the oxygen ran out. it wasn't the 1st time during the 2nd wave that a lack of oxygen resulted in depth. the delta variant off the corona virus double charged the spread of course it in india, in the 1st half of 2021 health care systems around the world have struggled with the virus. in 2020, there was stories of metrics in new york wearing garbage bags, s p p in the u. k. in january 2021. ready so we're just,

we're deployed to chronically understaffed intensive care awards in the same month regions in brazil struggled with oxygen shortages and critically low cost capacity . however, the crisis in india's health care sector was off of magnitude. the country hadn't seen before. the delta v into loan doesn't explain a seemingly collapse of so many hospitals at the most crucial phase of the fine demick indian health care system. in mrs. mac struck, it did have some strength in the sense that the primary system was established right. independence. but what do you kinetic quickly the sauce and repeated the same thing, the functions it needed to open primary health care system was still neglected from

the very beginning. and then it was. busy remind me that there would be adequate number of doctors in the system and really between a funded neglected system and the private sector. watson fi. there is also a deep dependence on the site, which is not the portion of the debris in the country. so what we ended up with is on one hand that is provided weekend public system. and on the other hand, you have the private sector which will be on profit driven breathing in a regular to back compared with many other countries. india, whether the 1st 3 recorded, well, the government implemented the largest lockdown in the world, which despite creating chaos, due to a sudden announcement helps contain case numbers. what happened after the 1st 3,

however, very likely contributed to the intensity of the 2nd wave. it was in the 2nd wave that the biggest challenge was a combination of several factors. first of all, we had some level of preparation. remote in the latter half of the temporary hospitals started, can be dismantled. and then we also saw defective state ordination becoming i meant it and said, because of that idea of reasons, not the least of which was that because election was off and the wireless so, but i ran to travel across india with the large crowds gathering rose. but just gathering and for the election. and at this stage, the variance also gave it a key element of the global covered response strategy has been immunization,

dr. india vaccine. manufacturing capacity is one of the highest in the world and supplies from india. what a crucial factor in the plans put together by many countries for their own vaccination campaign, i've got to look at, or he just walked a minute, got to the coven, 19 vaccines, global access, a callback program, backed by the world health organization. and unicef signed agreements with india in august and september 2020 for 200000000 doses of vaccine medication. in february 2021. the director general of the w h teacher this oh my media for 2021. india had deleted and sold a combined total of $66000000.00 doses to nearly 100 countries. india domestic vaccination drive in the early months of 2021 had been slow compared to other

countries. but the 2nd wave demanded action. on the 25th of march india hall, did all expose the vaccine. those supplies were needed to meet domestic demand. bringing the immunization network up to full capacity in a short period of time was not easy though. there were many changes that need to the backs. and along the me there were many edwards, for lack of ation when it came to the production of the backs, the in which led to the tuition of shortages and go down, dive at these pages. now the question aspect of the vaccination policy has been how the government has chosen to add base points in boston. those impacts the nation. that policy announced in mid april 2021 meant the private hospitals were allowed to purchase and administer vaccine by august. however,

health minister and so whenever you are reported in parliament at only 79 percent of the vaccines reserved for private healthcare companies were being utilized at the reason for the lack of uptake was cost. many indians were reluctant to pay high prices being charged by private hospitals for vaccines that were being administered for free by the seat. less than 6 months since the peak of the 2nd wave of cove it in the country, india's immunization drive, had made up a remarkable amount of ground. according to government data, at the start of october 2021. 925000000 doses have been administered in the country . in an effort to expand distribution, jones were being tried out to deliver vaccines to remote locations. and with domestic production capabilities, having increased, india was able to review exporting vaccine strengths to vaccination drive, which is one of the, not just the worst one it is created. they hide the redness about who they did.

the nation is the public. another outcome is that urgency to drive a lot of health care workers and other kinds of district administrator on staff you've been with us have been enlisted and have been working with me for the success of the program. we've also achieved to some degree keep ability or strengthening the chain for distribution of axioms, while the scale and strength of india vaccination work has been noteworthy. the 2nd wave expose the chronic under investment and inequality in the countries health care system. overall. in the aftermath, specialists and policy advisors have advocated a boost in state funding the bus to the kids. we have seen public financing of health stagnate around one percent of that gross domestic

product is risen. now in the recent years, that is too high out of pocket spending, that number of people resulting in polity. so we do need much greater helps financing at least 3 percent of the g, d, p as public financing. is that on the white bill, in the midst of the hill system, which is a function of me, whether it's just been trucks and supplies, and particularly to help us, but not fall into place. go over, devastated numerous countries, but india's expedient especially during the 2nd wave, was one of the most shocking pandemic audio. the corporate impact both in the short and the long term will be significant, especially so in the house. and so i'm discussing the challenges in the phases with case which are almost secretary of health for the government of india, and so on to middle national spokesperson of the b j. p. welcome to context india.

my 1st question is to the both of you, india has an ad livable record when dealing with the likes of polio small box. why is it then that we weren't able to deal with the pandemic? better the show. yeah, you're right. that, you know, we did a tremendous job in dealing with those to spend the mix and also and you get done by the infection, but this band to make the game to betty betty injection and also very nice and part of the submit the my opening question to you as well, given india's expertise and dealing with help and that makes why didn't india deals with the fund better? if you look at the, you know, maybe of the mix, it's not just india this by 2 guys. words by surprise. if

you look at the develop economies, the look can face, look at how many, that's the head. good, how many kisses they had a look at how many came bits which took missing there. so to say that india did not handle it, is it on? yes, because the to something that was completely unknown to the guy was and if you look at junk actually do that. it's weird. given the size of the indian population, because with all the number of cases of the size of the population, david said he merged, i mean secondly, are you know, on a, on a competitive scale indented validity. look at, look at the look at the number of explanations and has been it will cheat. so in the perspective, if you look at the, how things have happened and i, we just don't, i think we've done and admittedly just submitted your argument that this was an unknown may have been true in the fust wave of 2020, but in the 2nd, maybe 2021. we had a very clear idea of what this fight us was and how it moved around. and let me,

if i may please call out some statistics according to the you in human development . about 2020 india ranked 155 out of 167 countries on hospital bed availability. according to data by the unit health ministry. march 17 2020. we had one docked up on 11600 indians. the statistics show that we could have been better prepared if our health care was stronger, which it was not mr. mitten. so i did do 2 different teachers. dressy. one is the infrastructure of the country being 1st to cover countries. there will be in 6 months on the other. yes. so yes, in the ag village population and given this economy has elated missing the infrastructure, been loaded. i know that the issue is how did we deal with the 2nd week? i mean these up proportions which nobody in the world and a discipline, that is an infrastructure you should be taught because in good be good looking. he currently has its limitations. but looking at the infrastructure which was available and looking at the vaccination,

which has been the vaccination program as it's a successful and that is that the containment of what would happen in the 3rd week . so do you agree with mr. with those argument, him have to disagree. yes. this was a new wires that it does very shocked me, and it's not bad for that back and much wants to beg for the checking. the status is of course, on, given the fact that's not done yet, you've gone so one might be also saw a new radio or add that you gave was up in july. again, it's a backlash in december. so we ought to have expected the 2nd wave and walk us. so this was, i'm did not have to be a rocket complacency that the 2nd phase. now when i say why is that? yes it's true. is making giant because when did you go

over the last 7? 7, you know, what about from 97? you got the amount we spend on the so me continues to be. but one reason why me fancy will that and we have the capacity of august to do better was because of the care does not. * be it, can you just ship not be in india, it was given by technica the was was not because specially advising the pm as i think the makers and seen it several steps which would even be half being foreseen by any mechanics but, well, you know, there was some nice for that and this is not what i was about made by when did you get me? does that when you see that it's

a nice he looks back to that, don't give it back down. but in that we get that we need to see what happens again, but that adds up. why as a point, i would like to say that, that we need to be more ambler, i've experienced it too many of the gets and softening. what have you not? why get people out? we had to get back in the not need. you need to me to have them better if only the need to ship one out it's best. and if that lesson is not, then i would say is experienced is not lost on us. mr. metal during the 2nd wave, people want just dying of cove. it, they were reportedly dying off a shortage of oxygen and a shortage of hospital beds. what responsibility does the central government bear for that? you know, as a sig, be in a degree in his interest to this a legacy issue, little opposed to like 2 of the government of the day would be, was kind of fed. you don't work the make hospitalization a day. i mean it's,

it's not like putting of update the government did velander not only the central government, i would say the state governments today equally rel, inside a little bit. see when you are planning, you would look at the 1st thing. if 1000 cases that is much you would say probably what can it, what we can go to both of them can go 214000. it can go 260000. you don't anticipate that it will go to prepare to put it in a city like really when you get the statistics of doctors, but a 1000000 both population on it. yes, it is a fact. this country has inadequate infrastructure because it's a developing country. it has limited resources, these resources are spent on, i'll take it back. how did we respond to the challenge? is the most important issue is there was an oxygen shorted because nobody anticipated that the strength of an oxygen requirement would be that i'm not saying you just the government did this, neil pollution government this?

no, no, i'm not getting into that at all because i think every government and i think the on the situation, maybe it's the best effort to least attack with the issue was they did, they could have if they were delays. yes, they would be less, they were, as i said this more then smoke off, but yes, things could always have a bit of everything. but dig versus infinity is a little for it is there was a minute for what i think with a tv. yes. that is it, i think it to miss route, who has worked with the health ministry for over 2 decades. mr. out, if you want to respond to mr. you know, mr. with those point that it was no way to predict the number of cases that are cities actually saw creep up on a daily basis. you know, it is the fact and i knew with that you can never hear you. i mean, i had system can only be funded, are going to need up to

a point even the best chance is done. i was also issued off this g is largely because the way this video changing it does, but far more is that our system? well, yes, it seems that you would never expect the kind of demand for oxygen that came up before it. it was made beyond beyond expectations and that'd be but we don't want it. maybe the problem is that god was late was so what it done because it was not without. so we didn't have good modeling. and that went to bring in the complex and saying they get back if it is located, there's why fi and they do not expect it. and that's maybe, and that's the reason why we ought to be transparent and give it out because you can only benefit by more data being made available in the public domain. so better research comes in,

the kind of wandering it's sizes that's well based on which decision, what it is, julia morning, completely inoffensive or so. yes, it was all there. me. i do a fucking is something that you're not as long as you get what you did. that's what was the effort that you know, it was not and had to be aware that the spend wouldn't happen. you were at the bed like you are not what this is what you want to document that we don't actually get something down from november, december again, every month. i mean, that's what we're based off of the submittal question for you when i'm reading out of the new york times dated september 14, 2021, which said senior officials from the government forced scientists at elite institutions to downplayed the threat of coven, to prioritize mr. moore,

these political goals, what is your response to this? i think it is a good sauce. then m b student y'all's times has never pushing the risk of me when it came to 7 and a half like bits. and he worse new york times have questioned the government. i believe that's a factual letter. you know, i, boss deacons, very easy. i can make any kind of feeling issues. it must be something which is back brain, empirical evidence. it is backed by something. amir statement me, what if i knew of because trusted. so when you look at are says you look at the office with facts and figures, i am ready to concede that these were not things which could have been anticipated. missed out of i come back to you know to respond to mr. patel. do you also believe that the government to defend job in making those decisions you're not want to get into the game. i do that. even the best of that,

that would be somebody off the nature of the fact that we get out. but having said that, there was some situations that been said you had to one do and more time for the meeting and discussions vaccine. i agree with mr. betty, well, i mean that shot, but only 25 percent of our population. johnson just prediction. so there is a long way to go, and we achieved a much better the previous ambition of the prime minister to have a lot of back pay by what happened and i had, we did what we did in the ad. redone it. we're back last year in november and in january, 4th and the back seat started the steps that will that be

taken up? my question to mister misses, of all of the decisions being made by government. now do you think we are adequately prepared for the thought of anything else that might hit up public health sector? i think the piece will be putting again, it's cheating via d. tolliver's hit a lot of contents, holligan's affecting, engaged for everybody to see. and the reason why it has been contained is largely because of the vaccination program which the country is under ticket. i would also say that because of the poll, we have been content. it has given the initial confidence that the design law for fighting up and the minister break up and then it can be success me. so if, if you have the it is all the information go to the content. sean and i may be optimistic. guy derby listens which are this unexpected go head to a non disease has. so given the initial build, those lessons, i mean,

well understood when they learned and they're becoming dandy people of this country . okay, thank you both for speaking to a saw and for giving us your time. and finally, there are multitude of artists in india who created works through the long months of the pandemic. we wanted to feature some of the very languages they walk in and the perspectives they bring. this week, we're closing for the next up to for song intern, jobby. titled ma hummadi translates to pandemic. it was written and performed by the boulevard mark. thank you for watching context india here and out to see the english i with

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