Srinagar district admin bars supply of oxygen to private society, NGOs
3 years, 8 months ago

Srinagar district admin bars supply of oxygen to private society, NGOs

India TV News  

Amid several reports of "black-marketing of medical oxygen", authorities in Srinagar Thursday directed oxygen manufacturing units here to stop the supply of the life-saving gas to any private society or NGO with immediate effect. In an order, Srinagar District Magistrate Aijaz Asad, who is also the chairman of the district disaster management authority, said the oxygen manufacturing units within the jurisdiction of the district shall supply oxygen refills only to the designated hospitals/clinics. " The order passed under the National Disaster Management Act 2005 and the Epidemic Disease Act 1897 said supplies to private persons/societies/NGOs shall be made only with prior approval of the district magistrate, Srinagar. Any private body other than private hospitals intending to avail oxygen supply/refill facility shall register their genuine demand with Nodal Officer COVID-19 War Room Akshay Labroo, the order said.

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Sri Lanka to procure oxygen from India to ‘augment supply’
3 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka to procure oxygen from India to ‘augment supply’

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will procure oxygen from India in the coming weeks to augment supply amid a raging fourth wave of Covid-19 in the island nation. The government has decided to purchase 100 metric tonnes of oxygen from India next week for its COVID-19 treatment centres, the state-run Daily News reported on Saturday, quoting the Secretary to the Ministry of Health. …

Preventing a repeat of the Covid-19 second wave oxygen crisis in India
3 years, 6 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 …

Srinagar: 50-year-old suffering from asthma supplies oxygen cylinders to Covid patients
3 years, 8 months ago

Srinagar: 50-year-old suffering from asthma supplies oxygen cylinders to Covid patients

India Today  

As several hospitals across the country are facing acute shortages of medical oxygen, a 50-year-old driver in Srinagar delivers oxygen cylinders to hospitals and Covid-19 patients in need. Manzoor Ahmad, who is an asthma patient and has been on oxygen support for the past three years, drives a small truck to transport cylinders from oxygen generating plants to hospitals. He …

Oxygen Crisis: India Needs More Manufacturing Capacity, Reforms to Breathe Easy
3 years, 8 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 …

India's oxygen crisis: What needs to be done
3 years, 8 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 …

Kashmir doctors prohibited from speaking to media as COVID rages
3 years, 8 months ago

Kashmir doctors prohibited from speaking to media as COVID rages

Al Jazeera  

Authorities ban doctors from talking to reporters and direct oxygen manufacturing units to stop supplies to NGOs and private users. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have barred doctors from speaking to media and directed the oxygen manufacturing units to stop supplies to the NGOs and private users. “All Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents/Block Medical officers of Kashmir Division …

India’s gov’t eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s gov’t eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Under order by the Supreme Court, India’s government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the country’s exploding coronavirus crisis. The court intervened after 12 COVID-19 patients, including a doctor, died last week at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital when it …

Frame Exhaustive Guidelines For Oxygen Supply And Management : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt
3 years, 8 months ago

Frame Exhaustive Guidelines For Oxygen Supply And Management : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt

Live Law  

The Karnataka High court has directed the State government to immediately come out with exhaustive guidelines for supply of Oxygen and Oxygen management in the state. The court also directed the state government to give wide publicity to the helpline no created for hospitals to contact for procuring Oxygen supply. Even guidelines framed by the government for optimum use of …

Karnataka Oxygen Shortage: Chief Secretary Says There's An Urgent Need To Increase The Supply
3 years, 8 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, 8 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 …

COVID19-Concrete Steps Need To Be Taken By State To Protect People From Onslaught Of Pandemic: Uttarakhand High Court Issues Directions
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID19-Concrete Steps Need To Be Taken By State To Protect People From Onslaught Of Pandemic: Uttarakhand High Court Issues Directions

Live Law  

Hearing a batch of pleas filed in relation to critical condition prevailing in the State with regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issued the following directions to the State Government. The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed that the State was fighting a major war against the …

Reliance Industries to start 1000-bed Covid hospital with oxygen facility in Jamnagar
3 years, 8 months ago

Reliance Industries to start 1000-bed Covid hospital with oxygen facility in Jamnagar

Op India  

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited will set up a 1,000-bed hospital with an oxygen supply facility in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. A 400-bed covid hospital to be made functional by next Sunday, RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani assures Chief Minister Rupani in response to Rupani’s request. Heeding to Rupani’s request, Mukesh Ambani assured him that Reliance family stands with the government in service …

Indian state ‘cracks down’ on hospitals flagging oxygen shortage
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian state ‘cracks down’ on hospitals flagging oxygen shortage

Al Jazeera  

Uttar Pradesh’s BJP government accused of ordering crackdown on individuals and hospitals reporting shortages, according to Indian media reports. The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party government in India’s most populous Uttar Pradesh state has ordered a crackdown on individuals and hospitals reporting a shortage of medical oxygen or beds, according to Indian media reports. “At present, we have 72 oxygen tankers …

Oxygen Shortage: Patna High Court Directs Govt To Submit Plan Of Action; Seeks Report On Availability Of ICU Beds, Ventilators
3 years, 8 months ago

Oxygen Shortage: Patna High Court Directs Govt To Submit Plan Of Action; Seeks Report On Availability Of ICU Beds, Ventilators

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has taken serious note of the paucity of oxygen in the State, which is an essential medical requirement for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Calling the situation to be horrific, the Division Bench has directed the Additional Solicitor General for India to seek instructions from the Central Government as to what immediate and effective steps can be …

No dearth of oxygen at Delhi hospitals, say L-G House sources
3 years, 8 months ago

No dearth of oxygen at Delhi hospitals, say L-G House sources

India TV News  

There is no shortage of medical oxygen at hospitals in Delhi and that the government is taking all measures to ensure uninterrupted supply to provide better treatment to patients infected with Covid-19, L-G House sources told India TV. Several hospitals including the GTB Hospital, Gangaram Hospital, LNJP, Ambedkar Nagar Hospital and others received oxygen tankers just in time, averting a …

Centre asks states to make rational use of medical oxygen, ensure no wastage
3 years, 9 months ago

Centre asks states to make rational use of medical oxygen, ensure no wastage

India Today  

The Centre on Thursday asked states to make rational use of medical oxygen and ensure there is no wastage while stressing that there is sufficient stock of oxygen in the country. An inter-ministerial Empowered Group of officers was constituted during the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 to ensure the availability of essential medical equipment including medical oxygen to the affected …

Amid Fresh Rise in Covid-19 Cases in Gujarat, Manufacturers Asked to Keep 50% Oxygen for Medical Use
4 years, 1 month ago

Amid Fresh Rise in Covid-19 Cases in Gujarat, Manufacturers Asked to Keep 50% Oxygen for Medical Use

News 18  

Amid a fresh rise in Covid-19 cases in Gujarat, the state health department has again directed oxygen production units to keep 50 per cent of their production for medical use so that it could be easily made available to hospitals treating coronavirus patients. In its new order dated November 26, issued under various sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and …

Supply Of Liquid Medical Oxygen From Maharashtra To Continue As MP HC Passes Interim Direction On Plea Against Maha Govt. Notification [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

Supply Of Liquid Medical Oxygen From Maharashtra To Continue As MP HC Passes Interim Direction On Plea Against Maha Govt. Notification [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday passed an interim direction wherein, a Maharashtra based dealer was directed to continue supplying Liquid Medical oxygen to the Hospitals situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Significantly, the State of Maharastra in the aforesaid Circular has observed that liquid medical oxygen supply is very crucial to the management of patients infected with …

Centre tells states not to restrict oxygen supplies
4 years, 4 months ago

Centre tells states not to restrict oxygen supplies

Hindustan Times  

The Union health ministry on Friday asked states not to place restrictions on transport or supplies of medical oxygen after the Madhya Pradesh government claimed Maharashtra was doing this and at least three other states -- Punjab, Karnataka and Telangana -- reported problems in getting regular supplies. “It has come to the knowledge of the Union health ministry that few …

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