New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in New Delhi received two tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on Tuesday morning, the hospital has informed.
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Citing the reply, the BJP s national media incharge Anil Baluni attacked the Delhi s chief minister, saying his government did nothing for the people of the national capital who were bearing the cost of AAP government s lacklustre approach.
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In response to a query on how much money was spent to control COVID-19 pandemic, the RTI reply states Nil .
Arvind Kejriwal did not spend anything from the Chief Minister s Relief Fund on controlling COVID-19 in the national capital and the Delhi government mismanaged internal logistics leading to disturbed supply of oxygen, the BJP on Tuesday alleged citing an RTI reply. According the RTI application filed by Vivek Pandey, the Delhi Chief Minister s Relief Fund received more than Rs 34.77 crore from March 2020 to January 2021, while in the same period the expenses were Rs 17.27 crore. Details of the expenses were not mentioned in the reply.
UPDATED: April 27, 2021 21:12 IST People wait in line to refill empty medical oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients in Delhi, April 26 (PTI)
On March 23, 2020, when India headed into a nationwide lockdown, Kerala was producing only 149 metric tonnes (MT) of medical oxygen per day. It now produces 199 MT. This output is of course a fraction of, say, Delhi’s current daily requirement of 700 metric tonnes of oxygen per day when the surge in Covid cases has seen thousands of critically ill patients crowding hospitals needing medical oxygen. Yet, how Kerala carefully ramped up its oxygen supplies and now even sends excess supply to other states is a model others could emulate as they grapple with the second Covid wave.
The Delhi Chief Minister s Relief Fund received more than Rs 34.77 crore from March 2020 to January 2021, while in the same period the expenses were Rs 17.27 crore.
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A Covid-19 patient on oxygen support waits outside a New Delhi hospital for admission amid a shortage of beds.
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India recorded a world record-breaking 346,786 new Covid cases on Saturday, as the country grapples with B.1.617, a potentially more contagious variant of the virus. More than 192,000 people have died of Covid-19 so far, according to the nation’s Ministry of Health. India hit another grim record on Monday morning with 2,812 deaths in a 24-hour period its highest toll so far. The skyrocketing number of cases are overwhelming the country’s hospitals, which are now facing a crucial shortage of supplies, especially oxygen.