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By Anbarasan Ethirajan
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In a choked voice, Parasuram Maurya described desperately running from one hospital to another to save his father from Covid-19.
Sundar Maurya, a farmer from the south-western town of Narainapur, complained of breathing difficulties and tested positive on 3 May. Within days, his condition worsened.
Mr Maurya took his father, who is in his mid-50s, to three medical facilities in the Banke district but all refused him admission due to a shortage of beds and oxygen. By the time he managed to find a bed, it was too late.
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In a choked voice, Parasuram Maurya described desperately running from one hospital to another to save his father from Covid-19.
Sundar Maurya, a farmer from the south-western town of Narainapur, complained of breathing difficulties and tested positive on 3 May. Within days, his condition worsened.
Mr Maurya took his father, who is in his mid-50s, to three medical facilities in the Banke district but all refused him admission due to a shortage of beds and oxygen. By the time he managed to find a bed, it was too late.
COVID-19: Nepal makes govt nod mandatory for procurement of medical oxygen ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 08:42 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 9 (ANI): Nepal s Ministry of Health has made it mandatory for hospitals to secure the government s nod to acquire medical oxygen from factories, as the recent surge in COVID-19 cases has led to a spike in demand for oxygen.
The health ministry said that government hospitals, as well as community or private hospitals, would now require a recommendation to acquire much-needed oxygen for the treatment of coronavirus patients. COVID-19 cases are ravaging Nepal as the second wave sweeps through the nation. Many of the infected now rely on a continuous supply of medical oxygen and in order to make it more organized it is now mandatory for all government, community or private hospital to produce recommendation from the Ministry of Health and Population in order to refill oxygen gas cylinders, the Health Emergency