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India Surpasses 100,000 Covid Deaths as Health Care Systems Struggle to Provide Care | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

When 61-year-old Vasant Pandit complained of breathlessness on Aug. 31, his son rushed him to a hospital near their home in Ganesh Peth, Pune, in western India. A chest X-ray revealed congestion in his lungs. Doctors said it was pneumonia, suspected to have been caused by Covid-19, and asked the family to start looking for an oxygen bed as all […]

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