> On top of that, doctors here have created a craze for remdesivir, resulting in a blackmarket for it. So this was shared by someone who claims to be an ICU do

> On top of that, doctors here have created a craze for remdesivir, resulting in a blackmarket for it. So this was shared by someone who claims to be an ICU doctor in Delhi - the prescriptions are not being written because they are medically necessary. My family member with the lowest SpO2 is in the DRDO hospital is on Ivermectin + prednisone & a Dexa IV (& not remdesivir). The rumour is that some doctor had his arm broken by a family member for not prescribing the remdesivir after the patient died. So the doctors are writing prescriptions and asking the patients to source them, even if the hospital dispensary has the drug in storage, to avoid getting beaten up by the patients family. This has created a complete black market for the drug, which vastly outstrips the demand and hopefully the doctors are probably just chucking whatever shady vial the family brings over instead of putting in a sick person.