Inside an intensive care unit in a hospital in India, the young doctor Shaukat Peer is doing everything he can to save the lives of his patients infected with Covid-19 wearing a protective and suffocating uniform in a room without air conditioning, defying the high temperature and the risk of catching the virus.
About 100 Indian doctors have died since the outbreak, as they work with nurses for long hours in places where temperatures can exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
"Wearing protective equipment at temperatures up to 40 degrees is difficult, because you are wet with sweat. Nevertheless, we must do our best to save the lives of the sick," Shawkat, an intern at the Sharda Private Hospital outside New Delhi, told AFP.
"I feel free and suffocated, but we have to wear protective equipment for our safety," added the 29-year-old doctor, before he rushed to help a patient with respiratory disruption.
And the number of infections with the Corona virus in India Friday reached one million, the third highest in the world, with no indication yet of controlling the epidemic with the spread of infection in rural areas. In all, more than 25,000 people have died across India.
In some regions, India has the lowest per capita spending on health care in the world, and health workers who work in ailing state hospitals for cheap wages are more vulnerable.
The Indian Medical Association, a voluntary group of Indian doctors, has revealed the death of 99 doctors so far and raised the alert to red this week.
"Doctors need to take charge of the situation and ensure the safety of themselves, their families, colleagues, and employees," she said in a statement. 
Nausea and dizziness - Sharda Hospital provides free treatment for people with Covid-19 under government administration, which means that the possibilities are limited and the patients are poor, so there is no uniform for all patients, one of whom was on his bed wearing a jacket stained with blood stains.
And due to the lack of air conditioning, doctors and nurses swiftly sweat that does not evaporate under the plastic protective garment that covers them from head to toe, which increases the feeling of heat.
They do not even drink water so they do not have to go to the toilet, take off the uniform, remove all protective equipment, and then wear it again.
This can sometimes cause nausea and dizziness, and in the long run workers can face serious health problems including organ damage.
Abhishek Deshual, head of the hospital's intensive care unit, said that working in such heat "is doubly stressful for the staff," adding, "But we are trying to do what we can, we have no other choice."
- Psychological exhaustion, some of the hospital staff have resigned or left on long vacations, forcing the government to seek medical students or even retirees.
The virus has also had an impact on workers ’relationships with family members, and some have admitted to experiencing psychological stress.
Shawkat, for example, has not seen his family in the Indian part of Kashmir since the virus started spreading in March, and he is also a doctor on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which makes him unable to engage in any social activity. 
The dramatic events in the intensive care unit continue to happen in his head continuously, and every death affects him "deeply".
"Covid-19 patients go into a delirium, refusing to eat and removing respiratory tubes, and sometimes they're violent with us," he said.
One of his patients hit a nurse one day and tried to attack him personally.
"But I try to be patient with them. I usually hold their hands to be reassured, because they are alone without their relatives," he added. 
"I share these experiences with my family over the phone. They are very concerned about me, but they appreciate my work. Their appreciation for me motivates me to work harder."

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