Covid-19 Second Wave: Heart-wrenching pictures of patients battling for breath

The second wave of the coronavirus has devastated the medical system and has pushed the infrastructure close to a virtual collapse. As hospitals struggle to provide the proper facility, we take a look at some heart-wrenching pictures of Covid-19 patients battling for breath.(Image Credit: PTI)

Patients get oxygen, provided by a Sikh organisation at Indirapuram Gurdwara, in Ghaziabad.

An elderly Covid-19 positive patient with an oxygen cylinder arrives to be admitted at COVID care centre of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), in Chennai.

Covid-19 patient uses an oxygen cylinder from an NGO Hemkunt Foundation, which is offering free oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients, at Sector 42, in Gurugram.

A Covid-19 patient with medical oxygen cylinder waits in an autorickshaw outside at RUHS College of Medical Sciences Hospital, amid shortage of oxygen and beds due to surge in coronavirus cases, in Jaipur.

Covid-19 patient uses an oxygen cylinder from an NGO Hemkunt Foundation, which is offering free oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients, at Sector 42, in Gurugram.

Covid-19 patient gets oxygen on the spot, provided by a Sikh organisation at a Gurdwara in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad.