Contagious Hope: Episode 4 (Front Line Health Care)

Contagious Hope is a podcast series specially created for Lenten reflection by the Rev. Alexa Gilmour from Toronto.  On this fourth week of Lent, Rev. Alexa speaks with Dr. Aathish Iyappa who works at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai (Bombay) India. He consulted on the first case of COVID19 to be diagnosed in Mumbai. His 1600 bed hospital was covered to an 1100 bed COVID hospital. Dr. Aathish speaks of the lack of drugs in the early days in the early days of the pandemic, the hospital filling up and having to turn patients away, as well as the losses and miracles of life he has witnessed throughout the pandemic.

Contagious Hope was created with assistance from the McGeachey Senior Scholarship, administered by the United Church of Canada Foundation.  The series is edited by Peter Restivo.  For feedback, please email gilmouralexa@gmail.com

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