Bhattacharya, KaushikBhattacharya, Neela2023-06-172023-06-172022-01Bhattacharya Kaushik, Bhattacharya Neela . COVID-19 Second Wave and Doctors Death. Journal of The Indian Medical Association. 2022 Jan; 120(1): 39-400019-5847http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/216477The Second wave of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about unprecedented mortality amongst the Medical Fraternity. According to the Indian Medical Association, 420 doctors have died during the Second Wave of COVID-19 and the reason is mostly due to late presentation, lack of hospital beds with ventilatory support, crisis in the regular oxygen supply along with deficiency in the availability of few antibiotics and lifesaving medicines. The main point to consider retrospectively now is where few deaths of the doctors preventable and what went wrong in the management during the Second wave of COVID-19COVID-19PandemicVaccinationVentilatorJournal ArticleIndiaMS, DNB, MNAMS, FAIS, FACS, FRCS, (Glasgow), FRCS (Edin), Specialist Surgery, CAPFs Composite Hospital, BSF Kadamtala, Siliguri 734011MS, DNB, MNAMS, MCh (Plastic Surgery), Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Anandaloke Multispeciality Hospital, Siliguri 734001 and Corresponding Author