Water shortage might be on the way to worsen Delhi s COVID-19 crisis
Prabhjote GillMay 5, 2021, 18:03 IST
Representative image - People in Nagpur fill up on water amid a water shortage in the city on April 3BCCL
The national capital of India may be facing a
water shortage over the next three days.
The water shortage will not only impact the general population, but also hospitals, which are currently reeling from the surge in COVID-19 patients.
According to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Haryana is to blame for reducing the supply of water by 20% to 30% as well as making the water dirtier.
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Doctors said either there should be designated refilling stations for hospitals or they would have to halt admissions.
NEW DELHI: Hospital administrators haven’t been able to breathe easy these past few days and it is unlikely they will do so soon. Oxygen supply is erratic and uncertain. On Monday, the Institute of Brain and Spine in Lajpat Nagar had only an hour’s oxygen supply and around 11am asked the patients to shift somewhere else. At least six other small hospitals sent out distress calls either online or through the media.
Doctors said either there should be designated refilling stations for hospitals or they would have to halt admissions. “We are supposed to save lives, not be engaged forever in searching for oxygen. Who will care for the patients when our focus is on finding oxygen?” said a doctor from one of the seven hospitals who flirted with disaster on Monday.
Delhi s Oxygen Crisis Continues as Several Hospitals Report Shortage to Treat COVID Patients
A number of hospitals have been ringing alarm bells because of their depleting oxygen stocks.
A COVID-19 patient waits outside the LNJP hospital in New Delhi, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
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New Delhi: Battling an acute shortage of oxygen, some hospitals in Delhi on Sunday sent out desperate SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling stocks, with one healthcare facility even “crying out” to the government to shift out its patients.
Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were “at risk”.
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COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage
Battling an acute shortage of oxygen, some hospitals in Delhi on Sunday sent out desperate SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling stocks, with one healthcare facility even requesting the government to shift out its patients. Madhukar Rainbow Children s Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were at risk .
Later, at night, the hospital said it will not take any admission which requires oxygen or ventilation support due to inconsistent liquid oxygen supply.
The hospital does not have an oxygen storage tank and depends on oxygen cylinders from a private vendor.
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