Hospitals in Karnataka are staring at an imminent shortage of medical-grade oxygen, with the rising number of Covid-19 patients with severe respiratory distress threatening to increase the demand fourfold.
While the total consumption of medical-grade oxygen in the state was around 280 tonnes on Saturday, it had crossed 300 tonnes on Monday, sources in the state health department said.
“Our statewide requirement could go up to 1,200 tonnes per day if the spike continues in this manner for another couple of weeks,” a health department official, who declined to be named, told The Telegraph on Tuesday.
Karnataka has seven plants that manufacture liquid oxygen, with a total daily capacity of 810 tonnes.
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The trend is visible at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital as well. There is a rise in patients with cold and cough over the last week. Bengaluru doctors warn of second Covid wave as common cold cases increase  |  Photo Credit: AP
Bengaluru: Doctors are saying that cold and cough incidences are increasing in the city. They are not ruling out the chances of Covid infection, although the main reason might be sudden rain and fall in temperature.
If the fever stays for over three days and is accompanied by body pain, people must get a Covid test done, according to the doctors. There has been a 10% increase in fever cases over the last week.