Covid India: Low oxygen stock could endanger lives of babies, children
Web report/New Delhi
Filed on May 5, 2021
Workers of a wholesale supplier load medical oxygen cylinders in a car that are to be transported to hospitals. Photo: AFP
Delhi hospital has about 10 babies in ICU with just one backup oxygen cylinder.
Three hospitals in Delhi, including two for babies and children, are facing the grim challenge of low oxygen stock, which could endanger the lives of patients.
Triton hospital, which has about 10 babies in its neonatal ICU, had just one backup oxygen cylinder left on Tuesday. “We have 10-12 babies in the NICU and almost all of them require oxygen,” said Dr Deepali Gupta of the hospital.