Hospitals stop admitting COVID patients due to oxygen shortage My Republica
KATHMANDU, May 14 The number of COVID patients is increasing across the country but hospitals are not able to provide services as per their capacity due to lack of oxygen. With the government authorities enforcing a quota system on oxygen supply, the number of patients that hospitals are admitting has been declining.
The Patan Academy of Health Sciences had expressed commitment to treat 300 COVID patients. The hospital has admitted only 170 people due to lack of oxygen. According to the Director of the hospital Dr Ravi Shakya, 80 percent of the admitted patients need oxygen. Some of them are in need of high flow oxygen as they cannot supply oxygen. He said that the hospital has reduced the number of patients to 170. He said doctors administered oxygen with their hands to some patients due to lack of oxygen.
As the second wave brings deaths and infections to a record high, critics say Nepal's top leadership has largely ignored the health crisis and has instead placed its primary focus on reforming the government.
COVID-19 rages through Nepal
Oli had recommended dissolving the House of Representatives last December, but it was reinstated by the Supreme Court in February, which said the move to dissolve the legislature was unconstitutional.
After Oli lost the confidence motion, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari called on political parties to come up with a proposal to form a majority coalition government of two or more parties, within three days.
The leadership of all four political parties represented in the House the CPN-UML, CPN-Maoist Centre, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) were busy in internal meetings and intraparty discussions as to whether or not to keep the Oli government intact.
Israel flies medical aid to India An Israeli plane loaded with medical aid arrived to India this morning and others will soon follow. Medical equipment from Israel arrives at the Indira airport in India, May 5, 2021. - Israeli Foreign Ministry
May 5, 2021
Israel began to send emergency medical aid to India yesterday to help fight the world s biggest COVID-19 surge. The Foreign Ministry tweeted this morning, We are delighted that the first shipment containing oxygen generators and concentrators sent from Israel last night has now arrived in India. Israel is committed to helping our precious friend India to win this battle against COVID-19. Israel stands with India.
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