This development comes amid reports of a medical oxygen crisis in Noida and Greater Noida area. DM Suhas LY on Tuesday (April 20) posted two senior officers round-the-clock at Inox Air Products Pvt Ltd s Greater Noida factory, which manufacturers and supplies medical oxygen.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government announced that all eligible people above 18 years of age will be vaccinated for free from May 1 in government hospitals. The Health Department will make preparations for this.
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No reaction was immediately available from the Haryana government. According to an official, Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital at Pusa Road had five hours of oxygen left around 4:30 pm. There are 58 COVID patients, including 10 in ICU, in the hospital. The vendor, as per its representative, is not being allowed by the Haryana government to supply oxygen cylinders and liquid oxygen to Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital, Pusa Road. Supply left is sufficient only for five hours, the official said. He said the Centre needs to intervene as a large number of hospitals are affected due to the stoppage of oxygen supply from Haryana .
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The deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the national capital can now also be witnessed in Uttar Pradesh s Noida.
Several hospitals are gasping for oxygen and have been complaining of a shortage of supply.
Gautam Buddha Nagar district reportedly needs over 60 tonnes of oxygen, but are barely getting 30 tonnes daily.
New Delhi: The deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the national capital can now also be witnessed in Uttar Pradesh s Noida. Several patients are gasping for oxygen and the hospitals have been complaining of a shortage of supply, which is also the current condition of the hospitals in Delhi.
As per a few reports, in some Noida hospitals, the patients had to face the oxygen crisis twice in 12 hours due to the surge in demand amid rising COVID-19 infections.
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Family members of COVID 19 patient in queue to take cylinder filled with medical oxygen at a plant as coronavirus cases surge across the country, in Prayagraj on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
LUCKNOW: The death toll from COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 10,000-mark on Tuesday with 162 more fatalities, while the infection tally exceeded nine lakh after detection of 29,754 fresh cases, according to a senior official.
Delhi hospitals allege Haryana govt not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them
Delhi hospitals allege Haryana govt not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them
Amid a serious oxygen crisis unfolding in the city, many Delhi hospitals have said that the Haryana government was not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them.
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UPDATED: April 21, 2021 19:15 IST
To meet their own demand, the supply of oxygen to Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, from which Haryana previously obtained oxygen, has been halted (PTI Photo/Representative)
Several hospitals in Delhi on Wednesday alleged that the Haryana government was not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them and there is only limited stock left as hundreds of coronavirus patients battled for their life in these healthcare facilities.