These kinds of articles are typical when they don't cover the anglosphere. The writer even mentions that he worked for the newspaper "The Hindu", which supports

These kinds of articles are typical when they don't cover the anglosphere. The writer even mentions that he worked for the newspaper "The Hindu", which supports the opposite political party compared to the one in power. As someone who self-admittedly covered the health sector for 20 years, they missed out a few critical points (ignoring any kind of political party one supports) - 1. Healthcare in India has concurrent jurisdiction. So the states have as much control over healthcare and public hospitals as the central ruling party. There are states which are ruled by one political party, and there are those ruled by opposite party. There is no pattern of COVID impact based on the ruling party. 2. He talks about the history of poor healthcare in India, but doesn't mention anything about abolition of the corrupt Medical Council of India (MCI) which controls the quality and numbers of doctors trained per year, among other things. [1][2] 3. No mention of failure to follow social distancing guidelines - there are widespread reports and anecdotes of people getting lazy and not following guidelines about wearing masks and social distancing after the first wave subsided. [1] https://thewire.in/education/an-opportunity-for-reform-of-mci https://thewire.in/education/an-opportunity-for-reform-of-mc... [2] https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/justice-lodha-committee-mci-reforms-2783026/ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/justice-lodha-co...