Junior doctors in India's Covid crisis: 'We've grown up really fast'

Instead of spending the year doing placements in lots of different areas of medicine, this year's interns are needed on the Covid front line.

That's a feeling shared by Dr Simran Agrawal, 24, who began her internship at Nair Hospital in Mumbai in March 2020. "I saw patients who were isolated from their families... they would cry and they would try to run away.", Simran adds: "You know being a doctor will not be candies and roses… but to start your training with such a disheartening and heart-breaking atmosphere - that's quite challenging."

"Despite all the sadness around us, despite all the devastation that's happening, I think when I'm able to save even one patient or two patients, that feeling of satisfaction is just so rewarding," she says.image copyrightDr Kamna Kakkar is trying to focus on the patients she can help rather than those who have died

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