‘Covid ICU costs equal to 7-month pay for avg Indian’

The cost of hospitalisation in the ICU for Covid-19 treatment in India is equivalent to seven months or more of earnings for the average salaried, self-employed or casual worker, with the burden on casual workers equivalent to a year and three months’ income, a study has concluded.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-icu-costs-equal-to-7-month-pay-for-average-indian/articleshow/84600389.cms>ab