Delhi hospitals scamper to refill oxygen stocks amid acute shortage
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NEW DELHI, May 3, 2021 (BSS/PTI) – Authorities at several private hospitals in the national capital on Monday scampered to refill their oxygen stocks as the lives of many COVID patients hung by a thin thread amid an acute shortage of the life-saving gas.
Dr Pankaj Solanki, head of 50-bed Dharamveer Solanki Hospital in Rohini, said he is tired of making SOS calls and “feels dejected”.
“Most of the time, there is a crisis (of oxygen). It has become difficult to manage even 10 patients now,” he said.
Several people also took to the social media seeking help for the hospital.
Delhi s medical oxygen supply stands at 447 MT on Monday: Sources
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 09:44 PM IST
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In view of Delhi s growing caseload, the Centre recently raised the city s daily oxygen quota from 378 MT to 480 MT, then to 490 MT and finally, to 590 MT. However, the Delhi government that had earlier demanded 700 MT of oxygen per day also increased its demand to 976 MT.
AFP Most of the times, there is a crisis (of oxygen). It has become difficult to manage even 10 patients now, he said.
Delhi s medical oxygen supply on Monday stood at around 447 MT, significantly less than the Centre s allocated quantity of 590 MT, sources in the city government said. Despite an acute shortage and repeated demands to the Centre in view of a large number of serious COVID-19 patients, the supply of medical oxygen has failed to take off in a big way in Delhi, the sources said.
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Grieving relatives of a COVID patient, who died at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi, on Monday.
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The struggle to ensure that hospitals have enough oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients continued on Monday with several facilities reaching out to the Delhi government to provide emergency supplies.
Smaller hospitals like Dharamveer Solanki Hospital, HAHC Hospital, Irine Hospital, IBS Hospital sent SOS calls on social media with the government rushing either D-type oxygen cylinders from their reserves or ensuing tankers reach as soon as possible.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/513659.html (Natural News) The total number of deaths caused by the Wuhan coronavirus in India could be ten times higher than official reports indicate – based on cremations being done there. The grim projection followed India reporting the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases with more than 310,000 new infections. India’s new infections and death toll – part of a second Wuhan coronavirus wave – has brought the south Asian country’s healthcare system to its knees.
On April 24, India recorded 346,786 new COVID-19 cases – a new record high. Two days earlier on April 22, the Hindu-majority country recorded 314,835 new infections. Both figures surpassed the highest daily case count in the U.S. at 297,430 infections.
This week in New Delhi, which has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus, seven Max Healthcare hospitals treating more than 1,400 COVID-19 patients were down to between 2 and 18 hours of oxygen left.
Staff at a major facility of the Apollo group had a harrowing night wondering if oxygen to 200 patients would run out. A tanker arrived at around 3 a.m., just in time, a source at the hospital said.
As panic breaks out at hospitals unable to admit some people with severe COVID-19 symptoms, police are being deployed to secure oxygen. In court, judges are challenging the central government to do more to address shortages.