Oxygen Express train carrying 3 tankers of liquid medical oxygen reaches UP
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LUCKNOW Apr 24, 2021 (BSS/PTI) An Oxygen Express train carrying three tankers of liquid medical oxygen arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning as the state battles a surge in coronavirus cases.
In view of the high demand for oxygen in the country following a record spike in coronavirus cases, the railways has decided to run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country.
Roll-on-roll-off trucks are being transported on flat wagons by the trains for quick supply of medical oxygen.
“Two trucks of medical oxygen arrived in Lucknow around 6.30 am while one truck was offloaded in Varanasi. Each truck has a capacity of containing 15,000 litres of medical oxygen,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi told PTI. He said both the trucks may be used for Lucknow and a decision will be taken soon.
Family members of COVID patient complain about shortage of hospital beds in Lucknow
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Synopsis My grandmother cannot be admitted as there is no bed in any hospital in Lucknow. Despite calling the helpline number, there is no concrete response. The oxygen level, which was 66, has now dropped to near 40. It is an alarming sign, the grandson of the woman said.
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A shortage of hospital beds in Lucknow seems to have kept a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient waiting for proper treatment.
The family members of the woman claimed that she could not be admitted to a hospital as no beds were available in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.
13.92 lakh given Covid-19 vaccine in Uttar Pradesh so far
13.92 lakh given Covid-19 vaccine in Uttar Pradesh so far
Over 13.92 lakh people have received their first Covid-19 vaccine jab till Friday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh.
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In UP, 13.65 lakh vaccine doses were administered till Thursday evening, which included 7.26 lakh health and 6.89 lakh frontline workers getting their first doses. (Abhishek Mishra/India Today)
Over 13.92 lakh people have received their first Covid-19 vaccine jab till Friday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh, officials have said. The
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh, who is under the grip of coronavirus infection, took his first vaccine dose at Lucknow s Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital on Friday.
Dead nurse listed for Covid vaccine in UP
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Dead nurse listed for Covid vaccine in UP (Photo by Serge Haouzi/Xinhua/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Ayodhya, Jan 13 : A dead nurse has been registered here as a frontline worker who will receive a shot of the Covid vaccine in the first phase of inoculation.
The list, which has been prepared by the state Health Department for Ayodhya s Dufferin Hospital, mentions the names of three nurses, one of whom is dead, the other one has retired and the third nurse has resigned. All of them are part of the list of the persons who will get the vaccine.