Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, which has been treating coronavirus patients since the first case of the disease was reported in Nepal last year, has stopped conducting polymerase chain reaction tests until further notice.
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.
Nepal’s two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu are facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.
The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease hospital which has been converted into a COVID-19 hospital, and the National Trauma Centre, another hospital that treats accident victims are running out of liquid oxygen.
“Our liquid oxygen tank is running out of oxygen and it will just be enough till Wednesday,” Sagar Kumar Rajbhandari, a hospital official, told Xinhua.
Nepali Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, said on Monday in his address to the nation that the government had banned supplying oxygen except for the purpose of treating patients.
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Nepal s hospitals face oxygen supply shortage
Xinhua
05 May 2021, 18:05 GMT+10
KATHMANDU, May 5 (Xinhua) Nepal s two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said. The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease hospital which has been converted into a COVID-19 hospital, and the National Trauma Centre, another hospital which treats people injured in accidents, are running out of liquid oxygen. Our liquid oxygen tank is running out of oxygen and it will just be enough till Wednesday, Sagar Kumar Rajbhandari, a hospital official, told Xinhua on Tuesday. Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said on Monday in his address to the nation that the government had banned supplying oxygen for purposes except for the purpose of treating patients.