Batra Hospital, in an SOS message, had earlier said that the oxygen would last for another 10 minutes and that 326 patients are admitted at this hospital
Batra Hospital on Saturday run out of oxygen after which 8 patients died. (PTI)
The Batra Hospital in Delhi on Saturday told the Delhi High Court that it was out of oxygen supply for over an hour, which resulted in the deaths of 12 Covid-19 patients, including a doctor.
Batra Hospital told the high court, We didn’t get oxygen on time. We ran out of oxygen at 12 noon. We got oxygen at 1:35 pm. We have lost lives, including one of our own doctors.
The hospital has said in a statement that 12 patients died on Saturday due to lack of oxygen, including one doctor. We ran our operation for almost an hour without an oxygen supply, said Dr. SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Batra Hospital.
Delhi hospital runs out of oxygen, 8 COVID-19 patients including doctor die due to shortage
The hospital has 327 patients out of which 48 are in the critical care unit. It raised alarms since afternoon over depleting levels of oxygen supply. (Image Source: ANI)
Updated: May 1, 2021, 04:53 PM IST
Delhi continues to reel under oxygen supply shortage. In an unfortunate incident, eight COVID-19 patients, including the HOD of the gastroenterology department, at Delhi s Batra Hospital died due to oxygen shortage. The hospital said this in a statement on Saturday.
Six of the eight who died were admitted to the hospital s ICU (intensive care unit) and two to the wards. The doctor who died has been identified as Dr RK Himthani (62), the head of the Gastroenterology unit.
Search Eight Covid patients die at Delhi s Batra hospital due to oxygen shortage Casualties include HOD of gastroenterology department of the infirmary
Eight COVID-19 patients, including the HOD of gastroenterology department, of Batra Hospital in Delhi died due to oxygen shortage, officials said on Saturday. We are trying to revive five other critical patients, said Dr S C L Gupta.
Hospitals across the national capital had sent out SOS messages last week about depleting supplies of oxygen.
The Delhi government has maintained that the city is not getting its allocated quantity of the life-saving gas.
The hospital told the Delhi High Court that it was out of oxygen supply for about an hour.
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