Delhi hospitals cry for help amid acute oxygen shortage as Covid cases surge
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi hospitals cry for help amid acute oxygen shortage as Covid cases surge

India Today  

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. Later, at night, the hospital said it will not take any admission which requires oxygen or ventilation support "due to inconsistent liquid oxygen supply." Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital,New Delhi wouldn’t take any admission which require Oxygen or Ventilation Support due to Inconsistent Liquid Oxygen Supply. "CRY FOR HELP: Received only 5 #oxygen cylinders after running around the entire day, not more than 60 mins left to save lives of more than 250 patients," a tweet posted from the hospital's handle read. We thank them for their contribution as this will help us produce 22 cubic m/h of oxygen.#FranceStandsWithIndia #COVID19India pic.twitter.com/8XB49QvQ7L — BLK - Max Hospital May 2, 2021 Delhi's acute oxygen shortage On Saturday, 12 COVID-19 patients, including a senior doctor, had died at south Delhi's Batra Hospital after the facility ran out of medical oxygen for around 80 minutes in the afternoon.

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Delhi hospital fire: 27 oxygen cylinders were kept inside and outside Delhi hospital where blaze killed seven newborn babies: FIR
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi hospital fire: 27 oxygen cylinders were kept inside and outside Delhi hospital where blaze killed seven newborn babies: FIR

The Hindu  

Twenty-seven oxygen cylinders were found inside and outside the two-storey Baby Care New Born Child Hospital, as per the FIR registered in the case. ‘Didn’t ensure safety’ A delegation of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which visited the site on Sunday and spoke to officials and family members of the victims, said in its findings that emergency …

Delhi hospital without licence, eligible doctors
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi hospital without licence, eligible doctors

Hindustan Times  

The list of lapses and violations that marred Baby Care New Born Hospital, Vivek Vihar, east Delhi, ran long, pointing at the administrative apathy and criminal negligence in ignoring basic safety norms that resulted in the deaths of six babies on Saturday night. A preliminary probe carried out by the Delhi Fire Services pointed to a raft of costly mistakes, …

Delhi children hospital fire: Locals allege owners traded oxygen cylinders
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi children hospital fire: Locals allege owners traded oxygen cylinders

Hindustan Times  

The residents of Vivek Vihar in East Delhi, where seven newborn babies died at a baby care centre, have alleged that oxygen cylinders were being traded at the centre, and they had earlier complained regarding this to the authorities. The newborn babies were kept on the first floor while the ground floor and second floor were filled with cylinders and …

Few Covid patients in Delhi need critical care, oxygen: Doctors
2 years, 8 months ago

Few Covid patients in Delhi need critical care, oxygen: Doctors

Hindustan Times  

Even amid a slight uptick in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the number of hospitalised patients continues to be marginal, with even fewer requiring critical care, oxygen and ventilator support, said health experts in Delhi. Of the 101 patients hospitalised, only 29 were in intensive care units, 19 required oxygen support and four critically ill patients required ventilator support. …

Now, only takeaways at Delhi bars and restaurants
2 years, 11 months ago

Now, only takeaways at Delhi bars and restaurants

The Hindu  

The Capital’s bars and restaurants will only be allowed to extend takeaway and home delivery services while violation of COVID-appropriate behaviour will be dealt with more strictly now. According to the government, assuming the hospitalisation of 5% infected patients over the coming days, if daily cases touched the 30,000 mark, 1,500 patients would be in need of hospitalisation and the …

Slow rise in hospitalisations at Delhi hospitals, not alarming yet
2 years, 11 months ago

Slow rise in hospitalisations at Delhi hospitals, not alarming yet

India Today  

Data available on Delhi Corona app shows that the number of bed occupancy at Delhi hospitals has increased in the last two days -- hinting at a slow rise in hospitalisations. A health worker prepares a bed for the Covid-19 patients A health worker prepares a bed for the Covid-19 patients 'Incidental positives' at Delhi hospital Doctors said they are …

Oxygen needs of hospitals change from day to day: AIIMS chief on Delhi audit report
3 years, 5 months ago

Oxygen needs of hospitals change from day to day: AIIMS chief on Delhi audit report

India Today  

Oxygen needs of hospitals are dynamic and change from day to day, Dr Randeep Guleria said on Saturday. Director of AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr Guleria was referring to a report in which a sub-group headed by him termed the Delhi government's claims over consumption of medical oxygen during the second wave as "exaggerated". In its report, the panel said the …

Delhi Govt Was Sent 'Exaggerated Oxygen Report' on June 22: Top Sources Call Out Kejriwal's Lie
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Govt Was Sent 'Exaggerated Oxygen Report' on June 22: Top Sources Call Out Kejriwal's Lie

News 18  

The Delhi government on Friday said that the audit team appointed by the Supreme Court has “not signed or approved” the interim report which claims that the national capital “inflated” its medical oxygen needs during the peak of the second Covid-19 wave. An audit team appointed by the SC has reportedly found that the Delhi government exaggerated the oxygen requirement …

Delhi govt 'exaggerated' oxygen requirement by 4 times during peak of second wave, says SC panel's interim report
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt 'exaggerated' oxygen requirement by 4 times during peak of second wave, says SC panel's interim report

Firstpost  

The exaggeration could have “triggered a crisis” in the oxygen supply to 12 states reporting a high number of active COVID-19 cases, the interim report was quoted as saying An interim report by a Supreme Court-appointed audit group on Friday stated that the Delhi government exaggerated its oxygen requirement by four times during the COVID-19 second wave peak in April-May, …

Delhi private hospitals setting up own oxygen plants to tackle possible third Covid wave
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi private hospitals setting up own oxygen plants to tackle possible third Covid wave

India Today  

In preparation for a possible third wave of coronavirus, several private hospitals in Delhi have begun installing their own oxygen generation plants in order to avoid a repeat of the city's oxygen crisis during the second wave. Among the private hospitals setting up their own oxygen plants are Jaipur Golden Hospital and Batra Hospital, where patients had died due to …

UP invites bids for 350 oxygen plants to prepare for possible third Covid wave
3 years, 6 months ago

UP invites bids for 350 oxygen plants to prepare for possible third Covid wave

India Today  

In order to gear up for a possible third wave of Covid-19, the Uttar Pradesh government has invited bids for 350 oxygen plants in state government hospitals, sources said. Under this project, the vendor would provide a captive-use oxygen supply solution, which will include installation, supply, testing and commissioning of medical oxygen generation plants. The UP government has planned to …

Delhi Govt Forms 6-member Panel to Assess Cases of Covid Patients Who Died Due to Lack of Oxygen
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Govt Forms 6-member Panel to Assess Cases of Covid Patients Who Died Due to Lack of Oxygen

News 18  

The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of Covid patients who died due to lack of oxygen recently in the national capital for grant of compensation, an official order said on Thursday. On April 24, 20 Covid patients had died at Jaipur Golden Hospital as the frantic hunt for oxygen continued while COVID-19 cases surged in …

Delhi govt think tank delivers over 2,300 oxygen concentrators to hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi govt think tank delivers over 2,300 oxygen concentrators to hospitals

Firstpost  

Dialogue and Development Commission has delivered oxygen concentrators of 5 LPM and 10 LPM capacity funded by donors to Delhi government hospitals, said its vice-chairperson New Delhi: Tech-based solutions and selfless contribution of several individuals and organisations saw Dialogue and Development Commission, a premier think-tank of the Delhi government, deliver over 2,300 oxygen concentrators to several government hospitals here, a …

Delhi Government Oscillates On 250-Covid Bed Facility In Indira Gandhi Hospital, High Court Seeks Detailed Affidavit
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Government Oscillates On 250-Covid Bed Facility In Indira Gandhi Hospital, High Court Seeks Detailed Affidavit

Live Law  

A day after the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government told the Delhi High Court upon being questioned, that it's got a 250-bed Covid facility ready in Indira Gandhi Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, the government today informed the Court that the hospital is ready to offer 80 beds of which 8 are occupied. While the government had yesterday informed Court that …

Oxygen Crisis: India Needs More Manufacturing Capacity, Reforms to Breathe Easy
3 years, 7 months ago

Oxygen Crisis: India Needs More Manufacturing Capacity, Reforms to Breathe Easy

News 18  

Access to oxygen, perhaps the most important commodity in the fight against Covid-19, came under tremendous stress through most of April around the country. As the second wave of the pandemic hit India hard, many patients found it difficult to swiftly access oxygen in several states. When it comes to oxygen availability, India needs to solve four issues over the …

Delhi: AAP MLA launches oxygen concentrator library at her Kalkaji office
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: AAP MLA launches oxygen concentrator library at her Kalkaji office

India Today  

As the nation battles the shortage of oxygen-related equipment, an oxygen concentrator library is now operational at AAP MLA Atishi's Kalkaji office. Delhi has been grappling with a shortage of medical oxygen ever since the second wave of Covid-19 hit the country. Meanwhile, the national capital on Tuesday reported 12,481 new cases, 347 more fatalities with a positivity rate of …

Good news: New Delhi's oxygen sevaks
3 years, 7 months ago

Good news: New Delhi's oxygen sevaks

India Today  

The phones rarely stop ringing in the house of Commander Rajiv Sardana and Archana Sardana, an Indian Navy veteran and his scuba instructor wife. The family converted their Maruti Suzuki Eeco van into a small oxygen tanker holding three jumbo cylinders with a total capacity of over 20,000 litres of oxygen. Starting with providing oxygen cylinders in their housing society, …

Delhi Gets 3 Out of 21 Oxygen Plants from France
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Gets 3 Out of 21 Oxygen Plants from France

News 18  

The national capital has received three out of the 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption oxygen plants from France and is likely to get the remaining later this month, officials said on Saturday. Of the total oxygen supplied to Delhi presently, an average of 29 per cent is supplied by the railways and an average of 71 per cent is via roadways, …

Centre claims Delhi getting excess oxygen, using it inefficiently, diverting to black market
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre claims Delhi getting excess oxygen, using it inefficiently, diverting to black market

India Today  

Central government agencies have carried out a survey of 62 major government and private hospitals and 11 oxygen refilling stations in Delhi, and found that the oxygen provided to the city is being "inefficiently used" and possibly even being "diverted to black market", central government sources said. "Inefficiency in use and diversion reports indicate that oxygen is being diverted to …

4 Hospitals in Delhi Send SOS Call for Oxygen, Kejriwal Govt Asks Residents to Donate Cylinders
3 years, 7 months ago

4 Hospitals in Delhi Send SOS Call for Oxygen, Kejriwal Govt Asks Residents to Donate Cylinders

News 18  

At least four private hospitals in Delhi sent SOS calls to authorities over shortage of medical oxygen on Friday. The healthcare facilities included Kukreja Hospital in Mayur Vihar, Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad Institutional Area, Sir Ganga Ram-Kolmet Hospital, Pusa Road, and Irene Hospital in Kalkaji. Government officials promptly responded to SOS calls and supplied three D-type cylinders to Irene Hospital …

1,406 oxygen cylinders provided so far to COVID patients in home isolation: Delhi government
3 years, 7 months ago

1,406 oxygen cylinders provided so far to COVID patients in home isolation: Delhi government

India TV News  

A total of 1,406 oxygen cylinders have been provided by district magistrates to COVID-19 patients recovering in home isolation in Delhi, officials said on Friday. According to the latest health bulletin released by the Delhi government, 50,425 patients are in home isolation. The government has created a common cylinder pool in each district of the national capital to supply the …

Delhi Oxygen Crisis: Situation Improving, Says Kejriwal at High-level Covid Review Meet
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Oxygen Crisis: Situation Improving, Says Kejriwal at High-level Covid Review Meet

News 18  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the national capital. During the meeting, Kejriwal pointed out that Delhi’s precarious situation with regard to the availability of oxygen was coming under control and therefore beds across government and private hospitals should be increased. The chief minister also stressed that no life …

Delhi oxygen crisis: Supreme Court talks tough, asks Centre to supply 700 MT of life-saving gas daily
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi oxygen crisis: Supreme Court talks tough, asks Centre to supply 700 MT of life-saving gas daily

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday put its foot down stating that 700 metric tonnes of medical oxygen have to be supplied to Delhi daily to tide over the Covid-19 crisis. The Supreme Court had earlier this week stayed the contempt proceedings initiated by the Delhi High Court against Central officials for non-compliance of its direction and asked it to place …

Mumbai vs Delhi: Why the capital is facing an oxygen crisis?
3 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai vs Delhi: Why the capital is facing an oxygen crisis?

India Today  

Delhi, accustomed to extremely polluted air, is now being made to gasp for medical oxygen due to negligent administrative management and poor Centre-state coordination, courtesy political acrimony. Malviya claimed Delhi, with little over 90,000 cases, was consuming 433.1 MT of oxygen per day and demanding 900 MT. Delhi with approx 90,000 cases is consuming 433.1 MT of oxygen per day …

13 patients dead in Tamil Nadu hospital in one night, doctors protest against staff, oxygen shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

13 patients dead in Tamil Nadu hospital in one night, doctors protest against staff, oxygen shortage

Op India  

As many as 13 people lost their lives on Tuesday night at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu, allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. According to the reports, 13 patients, aged between 40 to 85, died in quick succession due to the shortage of oxygen at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital. The doctors who participated …

Need oxygen while isolating at home in Delhi? Now, you can apply online
3 years, 7 months ago

Need oxygen while isolating at home in Delhi? Now, you can apply online

India Today  

The Covid-19 patients who are in home isolation in Delhi can now apply for oxygen cylinders online. As caretakers of patients are grappling to arrange life-saving gas, the Delhi government has set up an online portal to reduce their hassle and ensure the proper supply of oxygen to patients in home isolation. In an order, dated May 5, the Delhi …

Supply eases but no respite for small hospitals in Delhi
3 years, 7 months ago

Supply eases but no respite for small hospitals in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

With Delhi receiving 555 MT of medical oxygen on Tuesday – a significant improvement from the average 445 MT per day recorded between May 1 and 3 – the oxygen crisis in the city eased a bit with bigger hospitals saying they are receiving more quantities of oxygen per delivery, which led to fewer alarm calls. On May 1, 2 …

Learn from Mumbai: Supreme Court lauds BMC's oxygen management, asks Delhi, Centre to take note
3 years, 7 months ago

Learn from Mumbai: Supreme Court lauds BMC's oxygen management, asks Delhi, Centre to take note

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Wednesday lauded the efforts of Maharashtra authorities in ensuring oxygen supply to COVID patients in Mumbai and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to talk with the civic body officials of that city to learn about augmenting and managing the supply. The observations were made during the hearing and in the order of the top court …

Centre's Ban Backfires, Ends up Choking Major Oxygen Cylinder Manufacturing Unit in Gujarat: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre's Ban Backfires, Ends up Choking Major Oxygen Cylinder Manufacturing Unit in Gujarat: Report

News 18  

Centre’s plan to ban industrial oxygen may have been in good spirit but has resulted in halting production in the country’s largest oxygen cylinder manufacturing units, mostly in Gandhidham, Gujarat, over the last 10 days. According to an exclusive report by The Indian Express, these cylinder-manufacturing units were included in the ban on the use of industrial oxygen and despite …

AAP claims Delhi was given insufficient oxygen supply, says received 60% less than what was demanded
3 years, 7 months ago

AAP claims Delhi was given insufficient oxygen supply, says received 60% less than what was demanded

Firstpost  

AAP MLA and Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Raghav Chadha said that 41 hospitals with around 7,000 people on oxygen support sent SOS calls to the city government on 3 May New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said 41 hospitals with around 7,000 people on oxygen support sent SOS calls to the city government on 3 May. …

Lives Saved After Delhi Hospital Runs French Oxygen Concentrator Within 18 Hours of its Landing in India
3 years, 7 months ago

Lives Saved After Delhi Hospital Runs French Oxygen Concentrator Within 18 Hours of its Landing in India

News 18  

After days of battling an acute oxygen crisis, Delhi took a breather after the oxygen concentrator sent by France was made functional within 18 hours of its landing in India. Like other hospitals, Narayana Super Specialty Hospital in East Delhi was also coping with the limited oxygen supply. Upon receiving the mail, the Delhi Narayana hospital wrote back requesting them …

COVID-19 crisis: Oxygen concentrators stuck at customs, says Delhi hospital; HC demands details from Centre
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 crisis: Oxygen concentrators stuck at customs, says Delhi hospital; HC demands details from Centre

Firstpost  

However, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has informed the court that there is no consignment is pending with the customs authorities The Delhi High Court on Monday told the Centre to provide details of oxygen concentrators that are stuck at the customs department for clearance as the National Capital continues to face a severe crunch of medical …

RTI shows Delhi govt has not purchased a single ventilator between July 2020 to April 2021
3 years, 7 months ago

RTI shows Delhi govt has not purchased a single ventilator between July 2020 to April 2021

Op India  

Amidst rising cases of Covid-19 in Delhi, the failure of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government to prepare for the second wave is baffling. RTI activist Vivek Pandey had submitted an RTI with the Government of Delhi to learn how many ventilators, oxygen cylinders and tanks were purchased between July 2020 to April 2021. ★ Ordered and purchased 4500 units of …

Delhi government seeks Army's help to tide over Covid-induced oxygen crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi government seeks Army's help to tide over Covid-induced oxygen crisis

India TV News  

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has demanded help from the Army and the Centre to ramp up transportation of medical oxygen in the city. Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the city hospitals are still facing shortages despite the Centre increasing the quota of medical oxygen to 590 MT. On vaccination of the 18+ category, Sisodia …

Delhi's Oxygen Crisis Worsens, Only 447 MT in Stocks Remain: Sources
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Oxygen Crisis Worsens, Only 447 MT in Stocks Remain: Sources

News 18  

Delhi’s medical oxygen supply on Monday stood at around 447 MT, significantly less than the Centre’s allocated quantity of 590 MT, sources in the city government said. In view of Delhi’s growing caseload, the Centre recently raised the city’s daily oxygen quota from 378 MT to 480 MT, then to 490 MT and finally, to 590 MT. However, the Delhi …

Ensure Delhi's oxygen supply issue is rectified by midnight: Supreme Court to Centre
3 years, 7 months ago

Ensure Delhi's oxygen supply issue is rectified by midnight: Supreme Court to Centre

India Today  

As hospitals in Delhi continue to grapple with oxygen shortage due to a rise in Covid-19 cases, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital was rectified before May 3 midnight. "Till the formulation of a national policy by the Centre on admissions to hospitals, no patient shall …

Delhi's Sant Parmanand Hospital sends SOS as oxygen supply runs low, around 80 critical
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Sant Parmanand Hospital sends SOS as oxygen supply runs low, around 80 critical

India TV News  

Delhi's Sant Parmanand Hospital on Saturday flagged that it is dangerously running on low level of oxygen supply which can lead to a very serious adverse patient incident. The hospital has informed that there are 53 patients on liquid oxygen support which is left for just 2 hours while 25 patients are on D Type calenders which are also running …

Oxygen Shortage: 8 Covid-19 Patients Die At Delhi’s Batra Hospital Due To Lack Of Supply For Over 1 Hour
3 years, 7 months ago

Oxygen Shortage: 8 Covid-19 Patients Die At Delhi’s Batra Hospital Due To Lack Of Supply For Over 1 Hour

ABP News  

New Delhi: At least eight Covid-19 patients, including the HOD of gastroenterology department of Delhi’s Batra Hospital, breathed their last on Saturday due to oxygen shortage, officials said. “We are trying to revive five other critical patients,” PTI quoted Batra Hospital Medical Director Dr S C L Gupta as saying. Meanwhile, the Batra Hospital informed the Delhi High Court that …

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital

India TV News  

At least 12 Covid patients including a doctor have lost their lives due to oxygen shortage in Delhi's Batra Hospital. Speaking on the matter, Dr SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Delhi's Batra Hospital, said, "we could not save them even after making effort from our end. Hospital officials told the Delhi High Court -- holding a 11th straight day of …

'Eight People Have Died; Can't Shut Our Eyes' : Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Ensure Delhi Gets 490 MT Oxygen Today By 'Whatever Means'
3 years, 7 months ago

'Eight People Have Died; Can't Shut Our Eyes' : Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Ensure Delhi Gets 490 MT Oxygen Today By 'Whatever Means'

Live Law  

Visibly shaken by the tragic death of eight patients due to lack of oxygen supply in a Delhi hospital today, the Delhi High Court on Saturday issued a strict direction to the Central Government to ensure that Delhi receives the allocated quantity of 490 MT oxygen today itself "by whatever means".A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli …

Delhi's Batra Hospital Says 8 Patients in ICU Dead Due to Oxygen Shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Batra Hospital Says 8 Patients in ICU Dead Due to Oxygen Shortage

News 18  

At least 8 patients, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on Saturday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. According to reports, the hospital had run out of liquid medical oxygen supply around 12.30 pm and received an oxygen tanker only at 1.35 pm. On being asked if the lack of oxygen resulted in the deaths, the hospital’s medical …

Many Delhi hospitals grapple with oxygen shortage, seek urgent help
3 years, 7 months ago

Many Delhi hospitals grapple with oxygen shortage, seek urgent help

India Today  

Several hospitals in the national capital reported a precipitous drop in their oxygen stocks on Saturday and sent out desperate messages of help on a day 12 Covid-19 patients died at the Batra Hospital here due to lack of the life-saving gas. Delhi government-run GTB Hospital said it has stock till 8 pm while Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital maintained …

Delhi: 12 patients die at Batra Hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: 12 patients die at Batra Hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen

India Today  

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. "We ran our operation for almost an hour without an oxygen supply," said Dr. SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Batra Hospital. Later Delhi minister Raghav …

Centre has a ‘special duty’ towards people of Delhi, says Supreme Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre has a ‘special duty’ towards people of Delhi, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to urgently consider Delhi’s enhanced medical oxygen requirement in light of the fourth wave of Covid-19 in the city, observing that it has a “special duty” to the people of the national capital. You have a special responsibility towards Delhi as the Centre,” a bench, presided over by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, …

Centre has a ‘special duty’ towards people of Delhi, Supreme Court says
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre has a ‘special duty’ towards people of Delhi, Supreme Court says

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to urgently consider Delhi’s enhanced medical oxygen requirement in light of the fourth wave of Covid-19 in the city, observing that it has a “special duty” to the people of the national capital. You have a special responsibility towards Delhi as the Centre,” a bench, presided over by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, …

Delhi oxygen crisis: Relatives of Covid patients line up outside oxygen refilling centres
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi oxygen crisis: Relatives of Covid patients line up outside oxygen refilling centres

India Today  

Amid an acute shortage of oxygen in Delhi, relatives of Covid positive patients queued outside an east Delhi oxygen refilling center on Thursday. We don't know how long this cylinder will last but this is what we can do to save our family.” The East Delhi Municipal Corporation staffers and Delhi Police personnel had to pitch in to maintain social …

How Delhi is fighting oxygen crisis during second wave of Covid
3 years, 7 months ago

How Delhi is fighting oxygen crisis during second wave of Covid

India Today  

Amid sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Delhi and many other parts of India have been clamouring for one thing for over a week. Speaking to India Today on Wednesday, Dr Rumeet Kukreja, medical superintendent of Kukreja Hospital in Mayur Vihar said their regular oxygen supplier has told them that he won’t be able to send any supplies. ‘No vacant beds, …

Oxygen shortage, drivers down with Covid: Ambulance operators in Delhi-NCR in a fix
3 years, 7 months ago

Oxygen shortage, drivers down with Covid: Ambulance operators in Delhi-NCR in a fix

India Today  

Running out of oxygen and staff drivers, the ambulance service providers across Delhi-NCR are in a fix now. Almost 90 per cent of our drivers are Covid positive, three of them died due to lack of beds and oxygen in Delhi. The remaining drivers are waiting hours outside oxygen refilling centres to get the remaining ambulances working since the demand …

Delhi HC summons oxygen suppliers tomorrow, asks them to get details of supplies to hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC summons oxygen suppliers tomorrow, asks them to get details of supplies to hospitals

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to all suppliers of medical oxygen asking them to appear before it tomorrow. The high court also asked the Delhi government to adjust its allocation of oxygen for hospitals so that demands of patients recovering at home, but in need of oxygen, can also be met. Responding to this, the Delhi government …

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