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Opinion: Canada can’t stand by while India’s medical system collapses - Globe & Mail, April 27, 2021
Drs. Ananya Tina Banerjee and Madhukar Pai, respectively Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, are among the co-authors of this Globe and Mail op-ed.
"As South Asians of Indian descent living in Canada, we are watching in despair as our second home gasps for air. India is sinking under a devastating second wave of COVID-19, driven by new variants and a weak public-health response from the government. The country is in need of urgent international aid, and we await Canada’s response."