Dr. Apurva Jain talks about the impact on the healthcare in the states of West Bengal and Odisha caused due to COVID-19 along with the recent cyclone 'Amphan' which created a war like situation ruining everything. 

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A tropical cyclone originating from the Bay of Bengal in the east – cyclone Amphan - hit the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. Considered to be a ‘one of its kind’ in over a decade, people having been through it have described it as ‘living through hell.’ The devastating cyclone with an average wind speed of about 130 kmph, a peak of about 260 kmph for a min and 240 kmph for around three minutes, at a time when the state and its people were already battling the consequences of a deadly pandemic, created havoc.

Disaster preparedness- A disregard to the pandemic prevention plan