Batra Hospital, in an SOS message, had earlier said that the oxygen would last for another 10 minutes and that 326 patients are admitted at this hospital
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8 COVID patients including a doctor died at Delhi s Batra Hospital due to oxygen shortage on Saturday. We are trying to revive five other critical patients, a doctor said.
New Delhi: The coronavirus situation in the national capital remained grim as eight COVID-19 patients including a doctor died at Delhi s Batra Hospital due to oxygen shortage on Saturday (May 1, 2021). We are trying to revive five other critical patients, PTI news agency quoted Dr SCL Gupta as saying.
Among those who died, one is a doctor of the Batra Hospital s Gastro Department Dr RK Himthani.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court said that hospitals should learn from their experiences regarding oxygen scarcity during the prevailing COVID-19 situation and set up plants for generating the life-saving gas.
Much water has gone above head , says Delhi HC on 8 deaths in Batra Hospital
Much water has gone above head. Now we mean business. Enough is enough, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli asserted while declining the Centre s request to defer the order till Monday or for half-an-hour
PTI | May 1, 2021 | Updated 18:19 IST
The Delhi High Court on Saturday directed the Centre to supply 490 metric tonnes of allocated oxygen to Delhi during the day itself or face contempt action, taking note of eight deaths at Batra Hospital in the city due to lack of oxygen supply. Much water has gone above head. Now we mean business. Enough is enough, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli asserted while declining the Centre s request to defer the order till Monday or for half-an-hour.