Varun Raj Passi is an Internal Medicine resident at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago and a researcher with the Association for Socially Applicable Research. He is interested in the intersection of Clinical Medicine and Public Health, exploring how each field can inform and strengthen the other.
In India, informal caregivers, such as family members and relatives, do the bulk of caregiving for sick individuals - thereby performing the work of the public health system. What are their concerns and burdens, and how might they be eased?