the bbc has been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state run king edward memorial hospitalthe sounds of battle between life and death. the city of mumbai has nearly 20,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital, known as kem. it is one of the city's largest state—run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this woman shows us around. she has worked here for ten years but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically so you can imagine is a very big challenge, mentally, physically, it's very tiring and takes a big toll on the body. finally, we were ready. this is the covid—i9 icu centre at mumbai's heart. with coronavirus and they need emergency beds here and out of them 3% are mortal. these are the 15% with serious symptoms. the ward is calm and quiet. with relatives and quarantined patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even k

the bbc has been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state run king edward memorial hospitalnearly 70,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital. it is one of the city's largest state—run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this woman shows us around. the doctor has worked here for ten years but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically so you can imagine is a very big challenge, mentally, physically, it's very tiring and takes a big toll on the body.

city of mumbai has nearly 70,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital. it is one of the city's largest state—run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this woman shows us around. the doctor has worked here for ten years but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically so you can imagine is a very big challenge, mentally, physically, it's very tiring and takes a big toll on the body. finally, we were ready. this is the covid—19 icu centre at mumbai's heart. but 15—20% of doctors who are infected with coronavirus and they need emergency beds here and out of them 3% is the mortality rate. these are the ones with serious symptoms. with relatives in quarantine patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know what the exact condition of their family member inside the icu is. this has increased mental stress for both patients and us. because we meet the p

the bbc‘s mayuresh konnur has been given access to an intensive care unit in the king edward memorial hospitalthese are the 15 persons with serious symptoms. the ward is calm and quiet. with relatives in quarantine, patients in the units are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. translation: the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know what the exact condition of the family member in the icu. this has increased mental stress for both patients and us. because we meet the patients every day. we become their only immediate contact. it's notjust the patients who have the virus. this doctor and her family of nine including her one—year—old twins have all had it too. she got infected in april. many doctors have struggled to cope. in another part of the same hospital feeling overwhelmed and understaffed, resident doctors have been filming the wards and posting videos on social media. extra staff had been brought in to help the doctors since the video was made public. but their boss says scenes like these are common in state—run hospitals like these. tran

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sharad badhe have been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state—run king edward memorial hospitalorked here for ten years, but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically. so you can imagine it is a very big challenge. mentally, physically, it is very tiring and it takes a lot of toll on the body. finally, we were ready. this is the covid—19 icu centre in mumbai's heart, the kem hospital. what we could gather from the doctors here, 15—20% of those infected with coronavirus need an emergency bed here. and out of them, 3% eventually fall to covid—19 and around 3% is the mortality rate. these are the 15% with serious symptoms. the ward is calm and quiet. with relatives in quarantine, patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. translation: the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know, what is the condition of their family member inside the icu? this has increased mental stress for both the patient and us. because we meet the patients every day. we become

reporters has been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state run king edward memorial hospitaleen life and death. the city of mumbai has nearly 20,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital, known as kem. it is one of the city's largest state—run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this doctor shows us around. she has worked here for ten years, but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically, so you can

camrea man have been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state run king edward memorial hospitalcentral mumbai. the sounds of battle between life and death. the citry here has unspeakbale amounts of coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital, known as kem. it is one of the cities largest state run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this doctor shows us around. she has worked here for ten years but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients quickly, so you can imagine it's a big challenge mentally, physically, it's very tiring, and it it takes a lot of toll on the body. finally, we were ready. this is covid—19 icu centre in mumbai's heart at the kem hospital. what we could gather from the hospitals here, 15—20% who are affected with coronavirus needs emergency emergency beds here, and out of them, 3% eventually fall to covid—19 and 10% is the mortality rate. these are the 15 persons with serious symptoms. the war is calm and quiet, with relative