JAIPUR: When Covid broke out in March 2020, it was a moment of truth for most private hospitals. Like everybody on the planet, the hospitals, doctors and paramedics were also not only scared but confused. In those early days, some hospitals refused to take Covid patients, while others played safe by shutting down operations.
Those options were gnawing at Dr Vikas Chandra Swarankar’s conscience. He had taken the mantle of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology (MGUMST) just a year before from his illustrious father Dr M L Swarankar, the soughtafter IVF specialist that childless couples pin hopes on.
“My uncle RR Soni and I went to him and asked for his guidance.