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Hospitals in Nepal run short of oxygen, turn away COVID-19 patients ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 11:26 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 12 (ANI): Several hospitals in and around Nepal s capital city of Kathmandu have started turning down patients following the government s decision to cap the supply of life-saving medical oxygen, thereby affecting operation of hospitals treating the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Nepal Medical College, a hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday issued a notice asking family members and relatives of all its patients to arrange oxygen cylinders on their own, warning the hospital would only be able to provide it till 4 PM (Local Time).
2021-05-09 10:06:03 GMT2021-05-09 18:06:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, May 9 (Xinhua) Jagat Bahadur Karki, 35, a COVID-19 patient who has to isolate himself at home in Nepal s Kathmandu Valley due to an acute shortage of oxygen at hospitals, struggled for breath on Saturday night as his oxygen level came down as low as 82 percent. I struggled for breath, continued vomiting and had diarrhea, Karki, who lives with his wife and son in a rented house in Bhaktapur district in the valley, told Xinhua over the phone. My family and friends made several inquiries from several sources for oxygen but they could not find any, he said.