The Wider Image: Death in the Himalayas: Poverty, fear, stretched resources propel India's COVID crisis...
Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is helped by her husband Suresh Kumar and nephew Rajesh Kumar, as they take her to a local government dispensary, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY