but fewer tests are being done that's at the very latest from our correspondent in new delhi elizabeth broderick joins me now elizabeth the issue of oxygen. he continues to compound the authorities. absolutely so we're outside one of india's biggest public hospitals where the army is setting up an oxygen plants here and a number of other hospitals in the capital and in the neighboring state of that they're using technology based on oxygen generation plants on their fighter jets and say that they're going to be setting up $500.00 of these plants in different locations around the country as hospitals are continue to struggle with shortages of oxygen and people are dying as a result on wednesday we had 5 died in the state of the southern city of bengal lou do hospitals there are running out and have asked patients to make other arrangements to find other hospitals but the problem is that for the past more than a week now bengaluru doesn't have any more intensive care unit beds ballou is one of india's richest sittings just like delhi and it is seeing the same situation that many places in the count

more than 2600000 cases and 23000 deaths electioneering has been partly blamed for the surge elizabeth broderick reports from new delhi international.

country's poorest and most populous states where barely any doctors i want in this report from elizabeth broderick contains images you may find disturbing. the fires continue to burn in one of the many cremation grounds on the banks of the ganges river considered the holiest source of water by hindus many want to be cremated near it and have the ashes scattered in the water work a say in recent times they've never had to deal with so many bodies. the daily concretes changing some days we cremate 4050 or even 70 bodies it's even reach 145 in one day but over the past week around a 100 bodies suspected to be of covert 19 victims have been found floating in the ganges in the states of be hard and author pradesh in bihar they have been reports of a shortage of wood for funeral pyres because of the unprecedented number of cremations that's denied by the local administration but the heart is also india's poorest state with only 1000 to community health care centers for 120000000 people. but i've been there pandey traveled from his home town to the capital patna to find a hospital for his wife he told al

and hospitals are seeing shortages of not just beds and oxygen but health care workers too elizabeth broderick reports now from new delhi. when ruin a good while decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to have to choose who lives and who dies a year before completing his medical training at the age of 26 he's in charge of an emergency room in a new delhi hospital on the night shifts with a shortage of beds oxygen and ventilators he has to make heartbreaking decisions. before we had a friend is. going to receive the marchese of the year mark me for back in the. car at this point of being here before getting to. patients are continuing to die in india because of a lack of critical care facilities 5 died in the state of iraq and when their oxygen supply ran out on wednesday india's air force and navy transported oxygen and other aid while the army has joined the efforts to create more facilities. this is one of india's biggest public hospitals without setting up an oxygen plant based on technology developed for its fighter jets it says $500.00 similar plants all over the country within 3 months t

vaccine but there's a problem with that too with some states saying that they've run out of doses elizabeth broderick reports from your deli. money could go sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to car that 19 she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he needs to return to the party . but for now for the. building for the good of the break there is need for. doctors to be on. i look out for the birth of their little. indias underfunded health care system is collapsing as it's overwhelmed by the world's biggest surge in cases that have long lines outside oxygen supply is around the. there's tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for the sick relatives some had been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen these supplies are many people's only hope. aid began arriving from other countries this week with the 1st cargo from the u.s. touching down in new delhi on friday the military plane was carrying more than 400 oxygen cylinders hospital the quick mentor and nearly a 1000000 rapid tests the u.

struggling to meet demand people are turning up to get the job only to find there are no doses left elizabeth broderick reports now from new delhi. a group of friends celebrate receiving their coronavirus vaccinations in new delhi they're some of the lucky ones who managed to get an appointment signs that many vaccine centers around the country read they're out of doses despite having a population of $20000000.00 people india's financial capital mum buy only has $20000.00 for those between the ages of $18.00 to $45.00 but. we were told that it would be a 1st come 1st serve thing here but the vaccination center years deserted we will see what we're going to do whether we'll get it or not. the government said everyone above the age of 18 would be eligible for a vaccine from saturday but most regional leaders say they don't have enough doses to expand the program the sign reads welcome to the world's largest vaccination drive but despite india being the world's largest vaccine manufacturing concept why enough to its people this is one of just a handful of private hospitals in new delhi that were able to p

over the past week for nearly half of or accounted for nearly half of all cases in the world elizabeth broderick reports from new delhi. the southern state of cannot occur is the new epicenter of the covering of virus in india as people wait for hours to cremate their loved ones migrant workers are leaving its capital. is one of india's richest cities attracting workers from all over the country but a strict lockdown means daily wage earners have lost their livelihoods. is going to be a lot down here in bangalore so i'm going home to be difficult to find work is amazing during the. migrant and daily wage workers like some of the most vulnerable to car the 19 and have the least access to vaccinations. as an auto rickshaw driver comes into contact with strangers every day but he doesn't have any electronic devices needed to register online for the vaccine but with a smartphone. and those were born there asking their neighbors or they're not getting vaccinated if they don't register they can get vaccine it. delivers food for a living and says he can't afford to take time off work. means offering va