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Covid-19 is ravaging India. India is reporting more fresh cases everyday than any other country has during the pandemic. India also crossed the devastating figure of 200,000 coronavirus deaths this week. The real number of deaths is thought to be much higher. The country's crumbling healthcare system is battling an onslaught of fresh cases, and an acute shortage of resources like medical oxygen, hospital beds and essential medicines.

At the forefront of this fight are the health workers. They are working relentlessly with scare resources to go beyond the call of duty and save precious lives. How is the fresh wave affecting their health and wellbeing? How is it impacting their loved ones? How do they fight feelings of burnout, guilt and trauma?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we ask frontline health workers how they are coping in this deadly second wave and what can be done to help.

Presenter: Devina Gupta
Contributors: Dr Saswati Sinha, critical care specialist, AMRI Hospital; Dr Roma Kumar, senior consultant psychologist; Jibin TC, nurse, president, United Nurses Association (Maharashtra)