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Anil Sharma breaks down while talking to the Associated Press after visiting his son, Saurav, who is being treated for Covid-19 at a private hospital, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Life is tentatively returning to normal in India as coronavirus cases fall. But millions are embroiled in a nightmare of huge piles of medical bills. Most Indians don't have health insurance and costs for Covid-19 treatment have them drowning in debt. Photo :UNB/AP

Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts

The pandemic has devastated India’s economy, bringing financial calamity to millions at the mercy of its chronically underfunded and fragmented healthcare system