UP: BJP MP claims oxygen cylinders not being supplied to private hospitals ANI | Updated: Apr 22, 2021 13:45 IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): BJP MP from Mohanlal Ganj, Kaushal Kishore in a video message on Thursday alleged that COVID patients are suffering and dying and claimed that oxygen cylinders were not being supplied to private hospitals.
He claimed to have spoken to two owners of oxygen cylinder suppliers who said that the drug inspectors for instructing them not to send oxygen supplies to private hospitals, but only to government hospitals. Due to the constant shortage of oxygen supply at private hospitals, a lot of patients are suffering and some are even dying, said Kishore.
Covid-19 patients gasping for breath as oxygen shortage cripples hospitals. Supply chain to blame
Covid-19 patients gasping for breath as oxygen shortage cripples hospitals. Supply chain to blame
Hospitals in several cities are facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen as Covid-19 cases rise rapidly. India is producing sufficient oxygen to meet the demand, but the problem lies in its supply
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UPDATED: April 22, 2021 22:43 IST
Family members of Covid-19 patients in Kanpur wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling center, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases. (Photo: PTI)
600% jump in oxygen demand from hospitals
During the first COVID-19 wave, the demand for liquid medical oxygen went up from 700 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) to 2,800 MTPD. But during the second wave, it has further skyrocketed to 5,000 MTPD
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The second wave of coronavirus infections has hit the country hard. Putting tremendous pressure on the nation s medical infrastructure, the latest surge in COVID-19 cases has driven up the demand for medical oxygen, a critical commodity in treating the respiratory ailment. The demand for oxygen in hospitals has reportedly gone up 600-800 per cent over the past few days.
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Sanjay , a resident doctor at the Government Medical College in Nagpur, agonises over how he could do nothing as patients collapsed to death right in front of him.
“We are unable to help them because there are simply no beds and oxygen supplies for all the patients flooding in,” he says. The situation is so dire amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that even three patients are put together in one bed oftentimes, he says.
Oxygen cylinders being refilled at private gas company for patients
MUMBAI: Shortage of oxygen hit the city’s public health system hard as 168 Covid-19 patients including 40 critical ones from six municipal hospitals were shifted in an overnight operation to bigger facilities between Friday evening and Saturday morning.
The six include Bhabha hospitals (Bandra and Kurla), Bhagwati Hospital (Borivli), Shatabdi Hospital (Govandi), M T Agarwal Hospital (Mulund) and Trauma Hospital (Jogeshwari). Messages were sent on various NGO helplines to get cardiac ambulances to move the patients; finally, each ambulance had to make multiple trips.
“In six to eight hours, we completed the transfers,” said BMC additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani. The supply in the city was disrupted for a few days due to a mishap in one of the plants.