Indian politicians would probably consider this video "an international conspiracy to defame India"

I feel bad for the doctor’s distress about the lack of oxygen, it’s heartbreaking.

"People have died not because of coronavirus, but the failure of politics." that saying really hurts me.

Im from India and I just want to tell everyone here that the amount of work people in their teens to 30s have put in on social media is the reason why people were finally getting oxygen and the cases started decreasing.People were putting up countless stories and tweeting and making guides on how to get oxygen to people WHO WERE NOT EVEN IN THEIR STATE.Ofcourse this went unnoticed by mostly everyone but I wanted to put this out there.

The sad part is, foreign media covers these topics better than Indian media 🤦‍♂️

This reminds me of “water water everywhere, but not a single drop to drink”

it was very wise of Vox not to use borders in this video, saved a lot of unnecessary hate comments.

"The children dying is an act of god" This is why you don't put religious fanatics in important roles

Moral of the story: Politicians everywhere should stop playing politics and listen to the experts!! Even in my country, Malaysia.

the pandemic should have been fought with science, not politics, it's heartbreaking to see the devastating effect this had on India :(

7:38 you can hear the genuine concern the doctor has trying to save his patients, it ain't about the money for these guys it's saving lives.

Filipinos, take note and understand how politics plays a role in everyone's lives. We have a chance next year. Please register and vote WISELY.

Politician have no accountability, most disheartening to me.

Its a shame how governments fail to take accountability for their actions and call it an act of god.

International media :- digging the truth and exposing it India media :- We telecast debates only...😂

the world needs to learn from the indian example of how some ignorant leaders can become the reason for hundreds and thousands of deaths. Next episode: How India ran out of good leaders edit: thanks for so many likes guys gr8 to see literate people appreciating opinions !!

“Act of god” ~ India’s entire problem

"Because we did not plant enough trees." - An Average Indian Politician

Government need to know how to differentiate politics and religion

Indian Hospitals: *run out of oxygen* Indian Politicians: "If we run out of oxygen, how am I still breathing?" *starts playing God's Plan* Edit: Yeah this is just my personal TL;DR of this video

That man had the gall to call 60 children dying an “act of god”... I’m convinced politicians aren’t human

This is extremely sad, when the disparity between the rich and poor becomes this large and they get no medical care this is what happens. Such a wonderful country too!

That's the true face of politics in India, no-one has shown this situation is in detail. Ruling party give money to news channel to promote there propoganda.

This was when Modi was arresting anybody and everybody that was complaining about lack of Oxygen on social media. Shame on him.

In Gorakhpur, they even jailed the whistleblowing doctor who had been warning about the oxygen under the pretext of national security.

the video of the doctor begging for oxygen genuinely pulled my heartstrings. it's tragic.

People : We are dying out of oxygen shortage. Leaders : You know, our history dates back to 4000 years of culture and tradition....

This should be a wake up call for the government of India to spend more on health. We hardly spend 1.5% of our GDP on health. It should be atleast 5%.

That’s what happens when your government only spends 1.5% of gdp on healthcare.

One thing ill say from experiencing this first hand is that the lack of oxygen cylinders, was worse than the lack of oxygen. In my town itself, there were oxygen suppliers saying we have oxygen, if you bring a tank, we will give you the oxygen.

Here in Argentina its politics too. They are opening schools like there aren't thousands getting infected each day. My granpas are thankfully vaccinated, but my mom is at risk and still nothing

Kafeel Khan said all this 3 years ago. He got slapped with UAPA for signalling Siren 🚨. Everyone rejoiced. Called him a terrorist. What now !

Being an Indian......what makes me sad is that the government instead of doing something....... started playing blame game on each other i.e centre blamed state government and vice versa

In Brazil the same tragedy: politicians ignores pupil.

As an Indian that saw the ground reality of what happened during the past 3 months, here are what we think the main reasons are for the catastrophe that the second wave was- 1.The Kumbh Mela- One of the biggest human gatherings on earth, the Kumbh is one of the holiest festivals in the Hindu Calendar taking place every 4 years. In light of every other major festival being suspended, it came as a shock when the government (Hindu) allowed the mela to go on in full fledge. This was a super spreader that kickstarted the second wave 2. Bengal Elections- The WB General elections were supposed to be one of the most hotly contested political elections with the party ruling the center taking on one of the opposition strongholds. In this political fervour and enthusiasm, the Prime Minister lost the plot. Mass rallies and gatherings acted as another super spreader. 3. Illiteracy- Let's face it, while Indians happen to be some of the most intelligent people, the people in rural areas remain to be illiterate. This had two effects- a-the people underestimated the virus. In fact, many people in villages and small towns refused to socially distance and wear masks b-the people fail to see through the government's rhetoric. The people, charged with the enthusiasm of elections, flocked to the rallies. When the government gave absolutely ludicrous reasons for their covid mismanagement, the people ate it up. 4.Oxygen- The supply chain issue, as depicted by vox 5.Negligence- Imagine this, an airplane arrived at a military airport at Delhi to deliver oxygen to a hospital before it runs out in a mere 30 minutes. The driver has not slept much as he is running out of time. What happens at the airbase? The local leaders turn up to celebrate the arrival of the new oxygen. The celebrations take 30 minutes, leading to 4 deaths. The saddest part, this is not made up, this actually happened. 6.Hoarding- There were reports of dealers who used to supply Oxygen to non medical small industries, of hoarding oxygen in their warehouses. Plus, reports of forgery of remedesivir doses etc worsened the situation. Make no mistake, what happened here was no accident, it was cold blooded murder by the ones in power.

The Word "Uttar Pradesh" gave me Chills, and I am from India and never heard that pronunciation

And now govt. claiming their victory 'again' coz cases are somehow getting lower🙁

that poor doctor :( I can’t imagine the stress on them when there’s nothing they can do

The irony is " we are living in a country which shy away from taking responsibility and still claimed as a Superpower nation".

That doctor s message on twitter is truly heartbreaking

any news of Covid, in any country, at this point, shows how weak each country's governments are

"not enough trees" Whats up with these politicians man

Our prime minister shares his condolences to the people who lost loved ones due to the oxygen shortage yet continues to conduct crowded election campaigns that are spreading the virus even more. Just shows how much our government cares about their country's citizens. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters to them is getting those sweet votes.

I paid Rs. 1,80,000 just for 10 days of oxygen before my cousin died..This is my 3 months salary. And around Rs. 1,20,000 for other stuff. I was left shattered financially and then my grandpa fell ill. I'm in a huge debt now.

As an Indian, I feel ashamed about the government's actions during this pandemic. It's a humanitarian crisis.

Finally dude someone is talking about these issues... Sadly it's not India's media but a foreign media

As an Indian I've never seen this in our country's media.

You know a statemen is corrupt when you use the Act of God excuse on this case.

My family arranged cylinder for me at home by paying 5 times the price of normal cylinder as when I got ill in April , there were no beds , and due to history of asthama , my o2 was dipping. But sad part is not everyone had the connections, means and money to arrange resources for their family. This entire wave showed our mismanagement of resources and short sightedness of government

I'm an Indian and i could feel it in the air that the official reports are highly underreported. Just try to match the data from the crematory and the death that hospitals report. No one was able to get a place in a crematory, people were supposed to book a slot 3 days prior.

This could not have been put in a better way. Whenever you want an impartial and thorough details. You type in Vox. Well done VOX. Keep it up

It’s really sad when you have to rely on foreign media outlets for these reports. Indian media has declined so much since the early 2010s.

India is not a poor country it's a very mis-managed country, it is 100% fault of politicians for the visible danger over the horizon

Now godi media says "this is internal matter"

The US: "I can't breathe" India: "hold my breath"

If you are not an Indian let me tell you a story: When the country was suffering from second Wave our *Supreme Leader* was happy to see such a big crowd in his Political Rally

Covid 19 is the third biggest problem of India. Religion and Politics remains the first two.

During the pandemic when each and every state runout of oxygen kerala was the only state with surplus oxygen and good medical facilities in INDIA.

It was Modi's fault, just for anyone who doesn't know why this got so worse...

"don't ever underestimate the situation" and we, as people in India, learnt it the hard way. Whereas the govt is still the first to take credit of success even after the devastation that they let happen during the 2nd wave.

same thing happened here in Manaus - Brazil, the federal government simply ignored all the calls for help.

Also the statistics were heavily wrong , it is estimated that the numbers were 10-30 times more . Shows how flawed it all is .

The thing is, the government says "Their dying as an act of god" Im Jewish, I have no problem with religion. But when it’s costing people their lives, it becomes a problem

The doctor begging for more oxygen is heartbreaking

Politians: "pssshh whaaat noo we're not responsible for all these deaths in our country"

The same happened in Brazil, especially in the city of Manaus in the Amazon forest

Its sad because, just because of this, people who could’ve lived for so much more longer had their lives cut short. Including my grandma.

I hope every Indian is reminded of this utter mismanagement in the next election season.

Heartbreaking. Doctors shouldn’t have to worry about this.

Our population is the biggest problem. India isn't the largest country nor does it have the best politicians. Managing 1.3 billion people in such circumstances is really difficult.

I love that you guys really put in efforts on the pronunciation. ❤️

Being an Indian, I always wondered how this happend and I thank the team of vox for making this video

Finally a true journalism , I wish our media was this honest 👍👍

This what happens when you live in a religious state

Actually there was not the deficiency of o2 , the problem was with the transportation facility , it couldn't reach in time. But several green corridors helped and airlifting also. Now the condition is much better than it was in may.

the most disgusting incident i experienced was ,when i went to hospital to admit my frd was "those oxygen cylinders are meant for rich people"

It was a case of utter negligence by the central government. Super sad.

The only state in India that had surplus oxygen during this crisis was Kerala. All the other states should try and follow the steps they took.

People move on so fast . 😢 watching this video in 2023 again.

Salute to all our Frontline workers

India: Running out of Oxygen Politicians: let's plant more trees 🌲 😂😂

recently government stated that no one died due to shortage of oxygen during 2nd wave covid.. lol.. infact my friend's brother died cuz of no oxygen available at hospital.. so we had to switch to other hospital..bt we were late.. the way gov lies truly amaze me

"The heart of the power is it's people, not it's rulers."

Very sad feel sorry for the Indian people who are suffering from covid19 🙏 Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

The fact India has to buy oxygen reminds of the Lorax movie

UP govt gave a guideline that hospitals do not highlight oxygen shortage. Even registered fir against people who were posting on social media

Nice co-ordination with Scroll. Sums up the entire video.

This makes me so angry, all this suffering and these deaths could have been avoided if the Modi government wasn't so useless and actually thought about the people instead of themselves.

The worst part is, when cases will come down (like now) in India, the govt would again unlock celebrate and advise people to continue with their daily work again cases will rise and again same thing would happen. Because we don't learn from our mistakes in history we repeat it again and again.

That doctor's pleas is heart breaking, you already know he's had to witness to many deaths

I feel really sad for the people in India.

I am from India and I can tell you that this was the huge failure of the system. Thousands of people lost their lives in last 2 months, situations are bit better now but still the war against at pandemic is on the rise.

I have no sympathy toward people who celebrate knowing that there's a pandemy going on.

all these facts must be wrong since Indias Union health ministry said "No one died from shortage of oxygen "

Me and my family contracted covid exactly during this time, beginning of May, and the fact that there wasn't one hospital bed around us in case our illness took a severe turn, felt horrifying. Worst time of my life, the thought that people died without treatment. I lost so many people I know at that time.

Just Indian things , politicians play and people suffer....

This is called "ache din"

In fact,India's handling of pandemic was better than developed nations.

So many deaths caused by just one person’s failed leadership! India will stand strong!

The level at which this wave has caused/ will cause mental issues for the frontline and Medicare workers is just incomprehensible. Just really really sad.