MP farmer donates Rs 2 lakh kept for daughter's marriage to buy oxygen
3 years, 11 months ago

MP farmer donates Rs 2 lakh kept for daughter's marriage to buy oxygen

India TV News  

Moved by the plight of COVID-19 patients and the growing scramble for medical oxygen, a farmer from Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh has donated Rs 2 lakh he had set aside for his daughter's lavish marriage to the local administration for buying the life-saving gas. Champalal Gurjar, who hails from Gwal Deviyan village, has handed over a cheque of Rs two lakh to district collector Mayank Agrawal for buying two cylinders of medical oxygen one for the district hospital and another for Jeeran Tehsil where he lives. Gurjar, who survives on farming, said he raised his daughter Anita with great care and wished that her marriage, which took place on Sunday, was a grand ceremony. ".So to make my daughter's marriage memorable I donated two lakh to the district administration so that they can buy two oxygen cylinders," he added.

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal Holds Review Meeting on Medical Oxygen Preparedness
3 years, 2 months ago

Union Minister Piyush Goyal Holds Review Meeting on Medical Oxygen Preparedness

News 18  

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday discussed with senior officials effective ways to ensure adequate medical oxygen availability in the country in the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases. Deliberated on effective ways to ensure adequate medical oxygen availability for strengthening the fight against COVID-19 pandemic,” Goyal said in a tweet. India recorded the highest single-day rise of Omicron …

Covid-19: Maharashtra govt tells medical oxygen manufacturers to maintain stock at 95% capacity
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Maharashtra govt tells medical oxygen manufacturers to maintain stock at 95% capacity

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has ordered the various oxygen manufacturing companies to ensure that there is a smooth flow of oxygen in case the state witnesses the third wave of Covid-19. MAHARASHTRA PREPARES FOR COVID SURGE Now, the state government has issued guidelines to the various producers of Liquid Medical Oxygen to be prepared for the possible strike of the third …

India Gifts Medical Oxygen Plant to Nepal for Tackling Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

India Gifts Medical Oxygen Plant to Nepal for Tackling Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

India on Thursday donated a medical oxygen plant to Nepal as part of New Delhi's continued commitment to the Himalayan nation in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. India's Ambassador here Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over the 960 Litres Per Minute medical oxygen plant to Minister of State for Health Umesh Shrestha at a ceremony at the Ministry of Health and Population, …

Oxygen for India: Building a more resilient health system
3 years, 7 months ago

Oxygen for India: Building a more resilient health system

Hindustan Times  

In 2020–21, air became more valuable than gold. Oxygen resources — pressure swing adsorption plants, oxygen concentrators, and cylinders — have recently entered the country with both significant investment from the national government and support from private philanthropy. All told, an estimated 1,500 PSA plants, 200,000 oxygen concentrators, and 100,000 cylinders are now available not only to tackle any future …

Preparing for third Covid wave: Two more O2 plants to be set up at Chandigarh’s govt hospitals
3 years, 8 months ago

Preparing for third Covid wave: Two more O2 plants to be set up at Chandigarh’s govt hospitals

Hindustan Times  

Amid the possibility of a third Covid wave, the UT health department is leaving no stone unturned in ramping up medical facilities in the city, and to ensure regular supply of medical oxygen in hospitals, the department has decided to set up two more oxygen generation plants at city’s government hospitals. The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research …

Preventing a repeat of the Covid-19 second wave oxygen crisis in India
3 years, 8 months ago

Preventing a repeat of the Covid-19 second wave oxygen crisis in India

Hindustan Times  

Medical oxygen is the single most important intervention for moderate and severe cases of Covid-19. In India, in the past one and a half years of the pandemic, both hospitals that treat Covid-19, and those that do not, suffered a shortage of medical oxygen. The reason is not a lack of medical oxygen, per se, but the inadequacy of the …

850 oxygen plants being set up in various districts from PM Cares: DRDO
3 years, 9 months ago

850 oxygen plants being set up in various districts from PM Cares: DRDO

India TV News  

As many as 850 oxygen plants are being set up in various districts from the PM Cares Fund, DRDO chief C Satheesh Reddy said Monday, as India emerges from the second wave of coronavirus which caused a major medical oxygen crisis across the country. Reddy highlighted during the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Discourse Series' by the Department of Science and …

IIT Ropar Develops Device to Supply Oxygen Flow For Covid-19 Patients Without Electricity
3 years, 9 months ago

IIT Ropar Develops Device to Supply Oxygen Flow For Covid-19 Patients Without Electricity

News 18  

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has developed a 3D printed, powerless, device ‘Jivan Vayu’ that can deliver high flow oxygen, 20-60 LPM while maintaining a continuous positive pressure of up to 20 cm H2O, resulting in a low cost and accessible CPAP therapy. With the Covid-19 virus, those using medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators and ventilators, steady power …

State-run oil firms setting up PSA oxygen plants across India, says oil minister
3 years, 9 months ago

State-run oil firms setting up PSA oxygen plants across India, says oil minister

Live Mint  

New Delhi: As part of India’ strategy to be ready for any possibility of a third wave of coronavirus pandemic, Pressure Swing Adsorption medical oxygen generation plants are being set up across the country, steel and petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday. As part of this plan, Pradhan on Sunday “inaugurated a PSA-based Medical Oxygen Generating …

UP invites bids for 350 oxygen plants to prepare for possible third Covid wave
3 years, 9 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 …

UP Invites Bids For 350 Oxygen Plants in Hospitals To Prepare For Possible Third Covid-19 Wave
3 years, 9 months ago

UP Invites Bids For 350 Oxygen Plants in Hospitals To Prepare For Possible Third Covid-19 Wave

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh has started the process to set up 350 oxygen generation plants in government hospitals across the state — a move aimed at preparing for a possible third wave of Covid-19. Under it, a vendor will provide a captive-use oxygen supply solution — inclusive of supply, installation, testing and commissioning of medical oxygen generation plants in order to ensure …

Despite cyclone, Odisha continues to supply oxygen to Covid affected states
3 years, 10 months ago

Despite cyclone, Odisha continues to supply oxygen to Covid affected states

India Today  

Even as Cyclone Yaas battered parts of Odisha, the state ensured unhindered transportation of medical oxygen to the Covid-19 affected states. Odisha Police ADG Yashwant Kumar Jethwa told India Today that besides coordinating the interstate movement of oxygen tankers, the state police also ensured the supply of medical oxygen to the hospitals in Odisha. CM Naveen Patnaik announces 7 day …

Centre finally lets Uttarakhand use locally made oxygen to meet state quota
3 years, 10 months ago

Centre finally lets Uttarakhand use locally made oxygen to meet state quota

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has finally allowed Uttarakhand to use medical oxygen generated in the state for treatment of Covid-19 patients and also raised its oxygen quota following the high court’s intervention after several requests by the state government remained unanswered, a senior state official announced on Tuesday evening. Uttarakhand’s oxygen quota has been raised from 183 metric tonnes to 200 MT …

Sonalika sets up oxygen plant in New Delhi hospital
3 years, 10 months ago

Sonalika sets up oxygen plant in New Delhi hospital

India Today  

In a bid to support India’s fight against Covid-19, Sonalika extended its support to the on-going relief efforts at St. Stephen’s Hospital Patients Welfare Society in New Delhi. Till date, the company has contributed Rs 1.6 crore to the hospital, including the upcoming oxygen plant in the hospital premises. Raman Mittal, executive director, Sonalika Tractors said, “By setting up a …

Our multi-pronged war against an invisible adversary
3 years, 10 months ago

Our multi-pronged war against an invisible adversary

Live Mint  

India’s multi-pronged war against the covid pandemic is best embodied by Mahatma Gandhi’s adage that “action expresses priorities”. This war needed to be fought proactively on multiple fronts that included securing medical infrastructure, increasing covid testing capacities, ramping up production of medical essentials such as oxygen and life-saving drugs, and evolving a roadmap to vaccinate every willing citizen in India. …

BCCI to donate 2000 10-litre oxygen concentrators to medical organisations battling COVID-19
3 years, 10 months ago

BCCI to donate 2000 10-litre oxygen concentrators to medical organisations battling COVID-19

Firstpost  

The deadly second wave of the pandemic has caused an unprecedented health crisis with thousands losing their lives. New Delhi: The Indian cricket board on Monday said it will distribute 2000 oxygen concentrators of 10 litres each to various medical organisations, ramping up the country’s overwhelmed healthcare infrastructure in its fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic. “The Board of Control …

Shikhar Dhawan donates oxygen concentrators in Gurugram: Grateful to serve my people in this pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Shikhar Dhawan donates oxygen concentrators in Gurugram: Grateful to serve my people in this pandemic

India Today  

India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on Friday donated oxygen concentrators to Gurugram police to help them fight the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the city. https://t.co/bHlq0eJvUv — Shikhar Dhawan May 14, 2021 The 35-year-old recently took the first dose of the Covid vaccine and appealed people to take the shot as soon as possible to help the nation defeat …

Oxygen Crisis: India Needs More Manufacturing Capacity, Reforms to Breathe Easy
3 years, 10 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 …

Oxygen Import, Procurement of Concentrators: Centre Undertakes Key Measures to Increase O2 Supply
3 years, 10 months ago

Oxygen Import, Procurement of Concentrators: Centre Undertakes Key Measures to Increase O2 Supply

News 18  

As India continues to battle a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Union government has taken several steps to ensure increase in the availability of oxygen across the country, it said in a statement on Monday. The Centre has undertaken key measures, that focus on the entire oxygen supply chain, to increase the availability, streamline the distribution and strengthen …

India's oxygen crisis: What needs to be done
3 years, 10 months ago

India's oxygen crisis: What needs to be done

India Today  

As the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm India’s medical system, no resource has emerged as precious or in as short supply as medical oxygen. An estimated 17 per cent of all persons hospitalised with Covid-19 symptoms require medical oxygen, with Government data released on May 8 saying more than 137,000 people across India are on oxygen …

Covid-19: Increase Oxygen Supply in Bengal to At Least 550 MT/Day, Mamata Tells PM
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19: Increase Oxygen Supply in Bengal to At Least 550 MT/Day, Mamata Tells PM

News 18  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention in the supply of Medical Oxygen to the state. “However, instead of allocating the same as per the requirement of West Bengal, the Centre has increased allocation of Medical Oxygen to other States, from the total production in West Bengal, during …

Sugar Mills in UP to generate oxygen and supply directly to hospitals; other directions given by CM Yogi to special COVID team
3 years, 10 months ago

Sugar Mills in UP to generate oxygen and supply directly to hospitals; other directions given by CM Yogi to special COVID team

Op India  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday directed the COVID management team to ensure that the oxygen generated by the sugar mills is supplied to the nearest CHC. Arrangement for oxygen supply The state government has assured that all necessary arrangements are being made to ensure the supply of oxygen to all the districts in the state as per the …

Odisha Researches Come Up with Trolley to Help Hospital Staff Transport Oxygen Cylinders Faster
3 years, 10 months ago

Odisha Researches Come Up with Trolley to Help Hospital Staff Transport Oxygen Cylinders Faster

News 18  

As India battles, an unprecedented crisis of oxygen shortage as the surge of the second wave of Covid-19 overwhelms the healthcare and production sectors, several Good Samaritans are trying to help with the crisis in the country. Along with the increased number of patients, social media is While the oxygen crisis is being met at the production level, researchers at …

Uttar Pradesh gets Govt of India's nod to set up 37 oxygen plants in the state
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh gets Govt of India's nod to set up 37 oxygen plants in the state

Op India  

With India’s capacity to produce medical oxygen increased by 300%, the Government of India is taking steady steps to increase the capacity further and mitigate any shortage of demand. For the same, the Centre has given a nod to the state of Uttar Pradesh government for setting up new oxygen plants in 37 districts. With 743 tonnes of oxygen being …

COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of patients shifted to another ward
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of patients shifted to another ward

India TV News  

Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients and shortage of oxygen, lives of several coronavirus patients admitted at AIIMS Rishikesh was saved on Tuesday night by shifting them to another ward and oxygen was arranged from BHEL Haridwar. Rishikesh AIIMS Director Dr Ravikant said, "Due to increasing number of patients and shortage of oxygen, there was a problem of …

Learn from Mumbai: Supreme Court lauds BMC's oxygen management, asks Delhi, Centre to take note
3 years, 10 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 …

Augmenting oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients from all sources, Centre tells Gujarat HC
3 years, 10 months ago

Augmenting oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients from all sources, Centre tells Gujarat HC

Firstpost  

In a report submitted on Monday, the Centre said a total allocation of 8,410 MT oxygen has been made to 22 high burden states and UTs Ahmedabad: The Centre has told the Gujarat High Court that it is augmenting oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients from all available sources within India and is also importing it from other countries through “diplomatic …

Karnataka Oxygen Shortage: Chief Secretary Says There's An Urgent Need To Increase The Supply
3 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Oxygen Shortage: Chief Secretary Says There's An Urgent Need To Increase The Supply

ABP News  

Bengaluru: On Monday it was reported that 24 patients including COVID-19 patients had died at Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences due to oxygen shortage since the previous day. Chief Secretary of Karnataka, P Ravi Kumar said that urgent requirement of oxygen was communicated to the Union government even on April 30th before the Chamarajanagar tragedy struck when the State Health …

Centre's Ban Backfires, Ends up Choking Major Oxygen Cylinder Manufacturing Unit in Gujarat: Report
3 years, 10 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 …

Delhi to Receive 244 Tonnes of Oxygen Tomorrow, DRDO to Set Up Five Plants in Capital by Weekend
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi to Receive 244 Tonnes of Oxygen Tomorrow, DRDO to Set Up Five Plants in Capital by Weekend

News 18  

Delhi will receive 244 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on Wednesday and with this, the total amount delivered to the city in 24 hours will be nearly 450 tonnes, the railways said. In a bid to contain the oxygen shortage crisis in the national capital, the Defence Research and Development Organisation will set up five oxygen plants, out of the …

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: Why India is still facing acute shortage of oxygen
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: Why India is still facing acute shortage of oxygen

India TV News  

India’s total number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 2-crore mark on Monday after 3,57,229 fresh cases were reported on a single day. Hospitals in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and other adjoining states continue to face critical shortage of oxygen, despite nationwide logistics for airlifting oxygen tankers and sending oxygen containers by railway. Monday’s worst news came from Chamarajanagar in Karnataka, …

Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Uttrakhand get 1st instalment of supplies from abroad
3 years, 10 months ago

Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Uttrakhand get 1st instalment of supplies from abroad

Hindustan Times  

The Central government has begun allocating medical equipment received as assistance from foreign countries with Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand figuring among the beneficiary states in the first batch. Centre also said that Punjab will get 50 out of the 150 oxygen concentrators donated by Taiwan. In a May 3 letter to different states and UTs, the Centre said …

COVID-19 news: Centre claims no shortage of oxygen, warns against hoarding cylinders; India's tally at 1.99 crore
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 news: Centre claims no shortage of oxygen, warns against hoarding cylinders; India's tally at 1.99 crore

Firstpost  

India on Monday registered 3,68,147 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the country to 1,99,25,604 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. This is the second consecutive day when the daily infection count dropped after crossing the 4-lakh mark As states across India continue to battle the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre on Monday advised …

Oxygen Crisis: 24 COVID Patients Die at K’taka Hosp, Probe Ordered
3 years, 10 months ago

Oxygen Crisis: 24 COVID Patients Die at K’taka Hosp, Probe Ordered

The Quint  

Speaking with TNM, Dr GM Sanjeev, Director of CIMS said, “Due to shortage of oxygen between 12 am and 2 am, patients needing high-flow oxygen in invasive and non-invasive ventilators have died. Right now we are requiring 350 cylinders a day, an increase from 35-40 cylinders daily, and our vendors are not able to match the increase in demand. We …

Bahraich man, friends gift oxygen generator machine to medical college
3 years, 10 months ago

Bahraich man, friends gift oxygen generator machine to medical college

Hindustan Times  

A 40-year-old businessman and his friends pooled in money to buy an oxygen generator machine and gifted it to the government medical college in Bahraich, enabling Covid-19 positive patients with fluctuating SPO2 levels to visit the Level-1 Covid care facility there to get relief. HT Image Sarwar Ali, who took the initiative and emerged as an “oxygen man” for the …

Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators to help India: UNICEF
3 years, 10 months ago

Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators to help India: UNICEF

The Hindu  

The UNICEF said on Saturday that it sent critical lifesaving supplies, including 3,000 oxygen concentrators, to help India amid the ravaging second coronavirus wave. “The most vulnerable families are paying a steep price for this deadly new surge.” The UNICEF called on all partners who are able to support to immediately respond to the deadly new wave that is severely …

IPL 2021: Hardik and Krunal Pandya to donate 200 oxygen concentrators to rural India in fight against Covid-19
3 years, 10 months ago

IPL 2021: Hardik and Krunal Pandya to donate 200 oxygen concentrators to rural India in fight against Covid-19

India Today  

Hardik Pandya on Saturday said he and his brother Krunal along with their mother will be donating 200 oxygen concentrators to hospitals in rural India even as the country is battling the second wave of Covid-19. Hardik said he believes the medical infrastructure in rural areas need support in the time of crisis and they are doing their bid to …

The Indian man who drove 1400km to bring oxygen to his friend
3 years, 10 months ago

The Indian man who drove 1400km to bring oxygen to his friend

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 34-year-old Indian man drove …

Covid aid pours in from around the world for India. But how will it be distributed?
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid aid pours in from around the world for India. But how will it be distributed?

India Today  

Amidst a tsunami of demand for medical oxygen, equipment and medicines as India battles a deadly second wave of Covid-19, over 40 nations have offered to assist the domestic effort. On April 29, India received a consignment of 20 oxygen concentrators, 75 ventilators, 150 bedside monitors, 2,00,928 Fabipiravir/Coronavir from Emercom or the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation …

Sachin Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to 'Mission Oxygen' to help 'raise funds for oxygen concentrators'
3 years, 11 months ago

Sachin Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to 'Mission Oxygen' to help 'raise funds for oxygen concentrators'

India TV News  

In a bid to fight against the COVID-19 crisis across the nation, former India skipper Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday took to social media to inform that he has contributed to 'Mission Oxygen' in order to 'raise funds for importing oxygen concentrators and donating them to hospitals across the country.' A group of 250+ young entrepreneurs have launched Mission Oxygen to …

Maharashtra: Installing Oxygen Plants in Advance Helps Nandurbar in 2nd Covid-19 Wave
3 years, 11 months ago

Maharashtra: Installing Oxygen Plants in Advance Helps Nandurbar in 2nd Covid-19 Wave

News 18  

The farsightedness of Nandurbar collector in setting up oxygen plants in the district over the past few months has helped them in handling the Covid-19 situation better at a time when Maharashtra and many other states are grappling with the shortage of the life-saving gas. Even as the first Covid-19 wave ebbed, Dr Rajendra Bharud, the collector of Nandurbar, located …

Forty US CEO's form COVID-19 task force to supply vaccines, oxygen to India
3 years, 11 months ago

Forty US CEO's form COVID-19 task force to supply vaccines, oxygen to India

Firstpost  

In a show of solidarity, the CEOs of about 40 top American companies have come together to create a first-of-its-kind country-specific global task force to mobilise resources and coordinate efforts to help India fight the battle against COVID-19. A collective initiative of the US-India Business Council of the US Chamber of Commerce, and the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum and …

Delhi High Court mulls reducing hospital oxygen quota to supply to Covid patients in home care
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi High Court mulls reducing hospital oxygen quota to supply to Covid patients in home care

India Today  

The Delhi government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that all other states, including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, have been supplied with more oxygen than what was asked for, but not Delhi. The Delhi government read out details of the oxygen supplied to all states during the hearing in Delhi High Court on Thursday. According to PTI, the Delhi …

A Delhi family’s COVID nightmare: ‘We’re rationing dad’s oxygen’
3 years, 11 months ago

A Delhi family’s COVID nightmare: ‘We’re rationing dad’s oxygen’

Al Jazeera  

With only one oxygen cylinder and no way to afford another, the family of a cancer patient with COVID must make hard choices, giving their father oxygen only when he is gasping for breath. But they have not been able to see a doctor as all of the nearby government hospitals “are choked with patients and have intimidatingly long queues …

Indian-American NGO Raises Rs 35 Crore for Covid Relief, to Ship 2,184 Oxygen Concentrators
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian-American NGO Raises Rs 35 Crore for Covid Relief, to Ship 2,184 Oxygen Concentrators

News 18  

An Indian-American non-profit body has raised nearly USD4.7 million through social media towards COVID-19 relief efforts in India as the country battles a severe second wave of the pandemic. “This is a collective effort that can save lives, defeat hunger, assure distressed people, and help India in its decisive fight against COVID-19,” Sewa International USA said. “AAPI, with the collaboration …

Centre sanctions procurement of 1 lakh portable oxygen concentrators from PM Cares Fund
3 years, 11 months ago

Centre sanctions procurement of 1 lakh portable oxygen concentrators from PM Cares Fund

India Today  

With Covid-19 patients across the country gasping for oxygen the Centre today announced that 1 Lakh portable oxygen concentrators will be procured by it and the money for the purchase would come from the PM CARES fund. The Centre also announced that 500 more PSA oxygen plants, based on technology developed by DRDO would be set up with money sanctioned …

BJP MP Manoj Kotak distributes 100 oxygen concentrators for Covid patients in Mumbai
3 years, 11 months ago

BJP MP Manoj Kotak distributes 100 oxygen concentrators for Covid patients in Mumbai

India Today  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Kotak on Wednesday distributed 100 oxygen concentrators in his constituency for needy Covid-19 patients. To help Covid-19 patients, BJP MP Manoj Kotak bought 100 oxygen concentrators at the cost of Rs 50,000 each and distributed them in his constituency. He said when patients do not get an oxygen bed on time, as the Covid-19 cases …

Kin of 2 Covid Patients Allege Death Due to Oxygen Outage, Hospital Denies Charge
3 years, 11 months ago

Kin of 2 Covid Patients Allege Death Due to Oxygen Outage, Hospital Denies Charge

News 18  

Oxygen supply disruption is giving sleepless nights to authorities in Madhya Pradesh after three Covid-19 patients died at Morena district hospital on Monday while two other Covid-19 suspects died of the same reason at Katni. In a similar incident, two Covid-19 suspects kept at district hospital Katni died after the facility reportedly ran out of oxygen stocks. In order to …

Hapless families run from pillar to post as oxygen shortage hits Gurugram
3 years, 11 months ago

Hapless families run from pillar to post as oxygen shortage hits Gurugram

India Today  

Faced with an acute shortage of medical oxygen, kin of patients admitted to Gurugram hospitals have been asked to arranged oxygen on their own. Two critically ill Covid-19 patients who were on ventilator support at the Center of Diabetes and Allied Sciences died on Sunday evening due to oxygen shortage, according to the hospital management. Dr. AK Kathuria, the owner …

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