‘Warning signs of pandemic were there’: Dr Guleria at #HTLS2020

AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria spoke at the 18th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on the Covid crisis in India. 'In retrospect, there were enough warning signs that a large pandemic was going to come and we need to prepare for it. Unfortunately, we did not put in as much of investment and effort that was required to tackle a pandemic,' Dr. Guleria said. He said that during the initial days, a lot of effort went into training manpower, protecting healthcare workers, did a lot of workshops. 'There was a huge challenge that hospital faced in terms of restructuring its infrastructure into Covid & non-Covid areas,' Dr. Guleria said. Watch the full video for all the details.