Despite the claims of the government, the second wave of COVID-19 cases has thrown Nepal’s health system into disarray. With the lack of special care wards like Intensive Care Units (ICU) and ventilators, patients of COVID-19 are dying. Although the authorities had about eight months to brace for the second wave, the politically unstable government spent most of its time managing the internal political wrangling ignoring the looming health challenges. Nepal’s health system is now crippling in the absence of sufficient beds, medicines and plans for mass vaccination for the people. For all political mismanagement and crisis of leadership, the people have suffered greatly.
By A Correspondent May 17, 2021