Coronavirus | Anxious relatives accost doctors, medical staff in Bihar

State is facing an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders, anti-viral drugs and beds in hospitals

Anxious relatives of COVID-19 patients had heated arguments with doctors and medical staff at several places in Bihar. Like others States, Bihar too is facing an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders, anti-viral drugs and beds in hospitals, causing great hardships and anxiety to relatives of COVID-19 patients, who have been left running from one hospital to another. Long queues were seen outside medical shops in Patna for anti-viral and anti-bacterial drugs commonly used in treating COVID-19. “In such an emergency-like situation, relatives of patients sometimes get into heated arguments with doctors and paramedic staff but they have to understand that medical professionals have also been working round the clock,” Dr. Sanjay Suman, who works in a government hospital, told The Hindu over phone.