With 137,813 active Covid cases in the city, hospitals in Bengaluru are running short of ICU beds, with several among them displaying a 'No ICU beds' sign. The numbers needing intensive care are more than the health system of one of the medically best-equipped cities in India can bear. The struggle for an ICU bed in Bengaluru - as in many places around the country amid the deadly sweep of the second coronavirus wave - is real and often a matter of life and death.
