Deepak Rajak gasps for air inside the first-ever clinic in Delhi devoted to diseases brought on by pollution.
Concerned about his fast declining health, the 64-year-old’s daughter hurried him to the doctor after his asthma deteriorated in recent days.
Rajak reports that he has become “very breathless” and is coughing uncontrollably while he is in the waiting area.
Breathing is impossible. I felt like I was suffocating after taking the bus,” he recalls.
The Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) hospital in Delhi opened a specialized clinic last year to handle the increasing number of patients afflicted by dangerous air pollution, which becomes worse every winter in the Indian city.
Since late last month, a thick layer of poisonous pollution has hung over the city, making it difficult to breathe.
