{"id":12076,"date":"2021-06-18T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wockhardthospitals.com\/?p=6780"},"modified":"2021-06-18T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:31:30","slug":"in-pics-mumbai-doctor-recounts-harrowing-covid-19-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/press-release\/in-pics-mumbai-doctor-recounts-harrowing-covid-19-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"In pics: Mumbai doctor recounts harrowing COVID-19 surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The recent coronavirus surge in India affected young people on a scale his team of critical care doctors hadn\u2019t previously seen. Dr Toraskar and his team of ICU doctors are still drained from the incredibly challenging last few months<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159404575241-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6782\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Kedar Toraskar hasn&#8217;t been able to sleep much over the last few months. His mind would constantly turn to the young COVID-19 patients fighting for their lives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wockhardthospitals.com\/speciality\/critical-care\/\">ICU <\/a>ward he oversees at Wockhardt Hospital in the western Indian city of Mumbai.&nbsp;<strong>Pictured here:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dr Kedar Toraskar, centre, head of critical care, checks on a COVID-19 patient in the ICU ward at the Mumbai Central Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413-350x248.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406659413-530x375.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">India is slowly emerging from the darkest days of the pandemic. After declining last year, cases began surging in March, surpassing 400,000 new infections per day in May. The impact was immediate &#8212; hospitals were overwhelmed with patients struggling to breathe..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350-350x249.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406753350-530x377.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New cases are now declining, but the toll wrought by the pandemic on doctors, nurses and other front-line workers is still emerging.\u00a0<strong>Pictured here:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Kedar Toraska speaks on the phone with a family member of a COVID-19 patient at the Mumbai Central Wockhardt Hospital on June 4, 2021.Dr. Kedar Toraskar, head of critical care, speaks on the phone with a family member of a COVID-19 patient at the Mumbai Central Wockhardt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wockhardthospitals.com\/mumbai\/\">Hospital in Mumbai,<\/a> India, June 4, 2021. The recent coronavirus surge in India affected young people on a scale his team of critical care doctors hadn\u2019t previously seen. Toraskar and his team of ICU doctors are still drained from the incredibly challenging last few months. (AP Photo\/Rajanish Kakade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406026421.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6785\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The recent coronavirus surge in India affected young people on a scale his team of critical care doctors hadn\u2019t previously seen.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406997231.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6786\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toraskar and his team of ICU doctors are still drained from the incredibly challenging last few months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406173863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6787\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Kedar Toraskar gets ready to operate on a COVID-19 patient at the Mumbai Central Wockhardt Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406429314.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6788\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Kedar Toraskar, head of critical care, center, operates on a COVID-19 patient at the Mumbai Central Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2021. The recent coronavirus surge in India affected young people on a scale his team of critical care doctors hadn\u2019t previously seen. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057-350x228.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159406559057-530x346.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Kedar Toraskar prepares his protective suit before entering the ICU ward of a COVID-19 patient.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159407124861.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6790\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Kedar Toraskar, head of critical care, right, catches up with his wife Dr Nameeta Toraskar, who works in a different hospital at the cafeteria of Mumbai Central Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159407242836.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6791\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More than 700 doctors lost their lives in the latest surge, the Indian Medical Association said last week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virus_Outbreak_India_ICU_Doctor_Photo_Gallery_21159407267198.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6792\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toraskar and his team of ICU doctors&nbsp;worked 14 hours at a stretch on most days. At times, the hospital ran out of beds. \u201cSome of our own relatives couldn\u2019t get a bed in our ICU,\u201d he said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/photos\/healthcare\/in-pics-mumbai-doctor-recounts-harrowing-covid-19-surge-9689001-2.htm\">https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/photos\/healthcare\/in-pics-mumbai-doctor-recounts-harrowing-covid-19-surge-9689001-2.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent coronavirus surge in India affected young people on a scale his team of critical care doctors hadn\u2019t previously seen. Dr Toraskar and his team of ICU doctors are still drained from the incredibly challenging last few months Source: https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/photos\/healthcare\/in-pics-mumbai-doctor-recounts-harrowing-covid-19-surge-9689001-2.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In pics: Mumbai doctor recounts harrowing COVID-19 surge - International Wockhardt Hospitals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore gripping visuals as a Mumbai doctor recounts the harrowing COVID-19 surge. 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