BONUS - The COVID-19 Crisis In India
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
India is in the throes of the world's worst COVID-19 infection with overwhelmed health systems and a shortage of oxygen, hospital beds, testing, and medications. Dr. Amita Gupta, chair of the Johns Hopkins India Institute, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Service in New Delhi, and Dr. Gagandeep Kang, professor of microbiology at Christian Medical College in India, talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about this "unprecedented public health disaster" and what needs to be done to address the crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 3, a Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. |
| 0:19.6 | Our goal is to bring scientific evidence |
| 0:22.4 | and experience to the public health news of the day through informative interviews with scientists, |
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| 0:47.1 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith Rogers, producer of Public Health on Call. |
| 0:50.8 | India is in the throes of the world's worst COVID-19 outbreak. |
| 0:56.3 | In a special bonus episode today, |
| 1:01.9 | Dr. Josh Sharstein talks with Dr. Amita Gupta, chair of the Johns Hopkins India Institute, |
| 1:08.5 | Dr. Rondip Galeria, director of the All India Institute of Medical Service in New Delhi, and Dr. |
| 1:12.4 | Gagandip Kang, Professor of Microbiology at Christian Medical College in India, about this unprecedented public health disaster and what needs to be done |
| 1:18.0 | to address the crisis. This episode is excerpted from a Facebook live video that aired on Thursday, |
| 1:23.8 | April 29th. To watch the conversation, please visit facebook.com slash Johns Hopkins SPH. |
| 1:31.4 | Let's listen. |
| 1:32.7 | Hello, I'm Josh Sharfstein, the Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement |
| 1:37.2 | at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 1:40.5 | Today we're going to talk about the coronavirus crisis in India with three terrific guests. |
| 1:47.9 | We'll be hearing from Dr. Randip Galeria, the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| 1:53.7 | in New Delhi, from Dr. Gangadip Kang, a professor at the Christian Medical College in Valor, |
| 2:01.4 | and Dr. Amita Gupta, Professor of Medicine and International Health at Johns Hopkins |
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