Girikumar Venati is a 48-year-old doctor living in Bengaluru, India, and making around $8 per consultation via a telemedicine app. He says that, "After the hours of clutching the smartphone, I can’t make a fist with my left hand. It’s swollen, and it hurts to bend it even a little bit."
Not all gig work is delivery-related. Thousands of professionals rely on Telehealth apps for their livelihood, like this Indian doctor who, at the height of the pandemic, spent 15+ hours a day on the phone.
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