Delhi hospitals allege Haryana govt not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi hospitals allege Haryana govt not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them

India Today  

Several hospitals in Delhi on Wednesday alleged that the Haryana government was not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them and there is only limited stock left as hundreds of coronavirus patients battled for their life in these healthcare facilities. "The vendor, as per its representative, is not being allowed by the Haryana government to supply oxygen cylinders and liquid oxygen to Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital, Pusa Road. Meanwhile, Haryana minister Anil Vij on Wednesday alleged that a tanker carrying medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients in hospitals, which was going from Panipat to Faridabad, was "looted" by the Delhi government and said all oxygen tankers will now move with police escort. Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Suhas L Y on Tuesday issued orders posting two senior officers round-the-clock at Inox Air Products Pvt Ltd's Greater Noida factory that manufacturers and supplies medical oxygen.

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Rajasthan's oxygen crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

Rajasthan's oxygen crisis

India Today  

On Sunday, May 9, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was at the virtual foundation stone laying ceremony of medical colleges at Sri Ganganagar and Chittorgarh where he urged Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, who was also present, to ensure that Rajasthan gets oxygen from nearby plants instead of far off places such as Odisha and West Bengal which took almost …

Doorstep refill of oxygen cylinder in Haryana
3 years, 7 months ago

Doorstep refill of oxygen cylinder in Haryana

India TV News  

In an initiative to stop black marketing and streamline oxygen supply across the state, the Haryana government will soon start a door-to-door oxygen cylinder refill provision for its people. "With this initiative of refilling oxygen cylinders at home, needy Covid patients will get liquid oxygen at their doorstep and their families will not have to stand in queues for long …

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 …

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 …

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: Why India is still facing acute shortage of oxygen
3 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

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 …

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 …

Delhi High Court mulls reducing hospital oxygen quota to supply to Covid patients in home care
3 years, 7 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 …

Delhi Govt Claims Not Enough Oxygen Supply Coming From Centre For Covid-19 Patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Govt Claims Not Enough Oxygen Supply Coming From Centre For Covid-19 Patients

News 18  

The Delhi government on Wednesday claimed that it is not receiving the oxygen quantity allocated to it by the Centre following the upsurge in Covid-19 cases even as an official order has been issued to allot a detailed proportion of the supply of the life-saving gas to hospitals. The government has been allocated 490 MT of oxygen and has worked …

Delhi Covid patients putting strain on Haryana hospitals: Khattar
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Covid patients putting strain on Haryana hospitals: Khattar

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that health institutions of the state are under stress primarily because Delhi-based Covid-19 patients have taken admission in hospitals from Gurugram to Ambala. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday that meeting the demand of medical oxygen is the biggest challenge before the state government. Says what hit us …

[Oxygen Supply] "Pull Up Your Socks, Get Your House In Order, Will Ask Central Govt To Take Over If You Cannot Do It": Delhi High Court To Delhi Govt.
3 years, 7 months ago

[Oxygen Supply] "Pull Up Your Socks, Get Your House In Order, Will Ask Central Govt To Take Over If You Cannot Do It": Delhi High Court To Delhi Govt.

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday thrashed the Delhi Government on distribution of medical oxygen supply after the submissions by one of the suppliers namely Seth Air on its failure of supply oxygen to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital.Terming the stand of the supplier as being unreasonable and completely false, the Bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli remarked …

Fed up: Hospitals slam Delhi govt over oxygen supply, HC asks state to pull up refillers
3 years, 7 months ago

Fed up: Hospitals slam Delhi govt over oxygen supply, HC asks state to pull up refillers

India Today  

The Shanti Mukund Hospital in Delhi has once again run out of oxygen and told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that their oxygen allocation has been reduced. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government and said that it is a consistent complaint against them that hospitals are not being supplied with oxygen. Delhi High Court …

Hapless families run from pillar to post as oxygen shortage hits Gurugram
3 years, 7 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 …

Indian state ‘cracks down’ on hospitals flagging oxygen shortage
3 years, 7 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 …

Soren writes to Guj CM to ensure delivery of oxygen equipment
3 years, 7 months ago

Soren writes to Guj CM to ensure delivery of oxygen equipment

Hindustan Times  

Chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday wrote to his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani, requesting him to intervene and ensure timely delivery of medical oxygen-related equipment such as tanks, cylinders and vapourisers that were reportedly stuck with manufacturers in Gujarat. HT Image “My sincere request to the Gujarat CM to take cognizance of the delay in delivery of liquid medical oxygen …

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital faces crisis again due to delay in oxygen refilling
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital faces crisis again due to delay in oxygen refilling

India Today  

More than 104 oxygen cylinders of Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital are stuck at the oxygen refilling centres at various locations for over three days now. The hospital has arranged two cylinders which are also going to run out of oxygen soon. Delhi is facing an acute shortage of oxygen beds for serious Covid-19 patients and has almost run out …

COVID-19 in Haryana: DCs of six districts authorised to impose Section 144, order work from home
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 in Haryana: DCs of six districts authorised to impose Section 144, order work from home

Firstpost  

Chandigarh: In a bid to tackle the coronavirus situation, deputy commissioners of six worst-hit districts in Haryana may prohibit the gathering of four or more people and order “work from home” in all corporate and IT offices, an official statement said. The chief minister also ordered a restriction on gatherings in functions with the maximum limit fixed at 50 people …

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Receives 5 MT Oxygen, Highest in 3 Days
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Receives 5 MT Oxygen, Highest in 3 Days

News 18  

After an all-night scramble for an oxygen refill, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here received five metric tonnes of the life-saving gas in the early hours of Sunday, according to officials. Around 12:20 am it received a tanker, with the help of local AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, which supplied one metric tonne of oxygen. According to him, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s …

AP PHOTOS: Oxygen demand outstrips supply in India hotspots
3 years, 8 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Oxygen demand outstrips supply in India hotspots

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s medical oxygen shortage has become so dire that a Sikh house of worship began offering free breathing sessions with shared tanks to COVID-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed. After having largely tamed the virus last year, India is in the throes of the world’s worst coronavirus surge and many of the country’s hospitals are struggling …

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital receives 5 MT oxygen, supply 'running in full pressure after long time'
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital receives 5 MT oxygen, supply 'running in full pressure after long time'

India Today  

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi early Sunday received 5 metric tonnes of oxygen after an all-night scramble for the life-saving gas. The oxygen supply is running in full pressure after a long time," a hospital spokesperson said on Sunday. Read | Covid-19: What all is being done to resolve oxygen crisis According to him, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital's primary …

Ramesh Chennithala urges Kerala govt to airlift surplus medical oxygen cylinders to Delhi after Kejriwal's request
3 years, 8 months ago

Ramesh Chennithala urges Kerala govt to airlift surplus medical oxygen cylinders to Delhi after Kejriwal's request

Hindustan Times  

Kerala Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday urged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan government to airlift surplus medical oxygen cylinders to Delhi, which has been gasping for medical oxygen amid a record surge in Covid-19 cases. Ramesh Chennithala also requested to set up an open medical facility in Kerala House. Request Kerala Govt to provide an air load of Oxygen …

India virus patients suffocate amid oxygen shortage in surge
3 years, 8 months ago

India virus patients suffocate amid oxygen shortage in surge

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities scrambled Saturday to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid the world’s worst coronavirus surge, as the government came under increasing criticism for what doctors said was its negligence in the face of a foreseeable public health disaster. The court, which was hearing submissions by a group of hospitals over the …

Delhi: Oxygen supply restored at Max Hospital in Saket, no new patient admissions order withdrawn
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi: Oxygen supply restored at Max Hospital in Saket, no new patient admissions order withdrawn

India TV News  

Delhi's Max hospital chain on Friday informed that it is suspending any new patient admissions in all the hospitals in Delhi-NCR till oxygen supplies get stabilize, but later withdrew the order after it received the oxygen supply. On Friday morning, Healthcare provider Max Healthcare informed that it is suspending any new patient admissions in all the hospitals in Delhi-NCR till …

Ganga Ram Hospital Chairman Refutes Reports of Patients' Death Due to Oxygen Shortage
3 years, 8 months ago

Ganga Ram Hospital Chairman Refutes Reports of Patients' Death Due to Oxygen Shortage

News 18  

The chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi denied reports that some patients died due to lack of Oxygen in the hospital. We didn’t let anyone die without Oxygen,” Chairman of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said. Some reports claimed that 25 patients had died at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the last 24 hours and the …

25 sickest patients dead: Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital sends SOS for oxygen, Max Hospital stops admissions - Delhi News
3 years, 8 months ago

25 sickest patients dead: Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital sends SOS for oxygen, Max Hospital stops admissions - Delhi News

India Today  

One of the premier hospitals of Delhi, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, has sent out a desperate cry for help saying 25 of its sickest Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours. Lives of another 60 sickest patients in peril," said the director of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. Delhi: Oxygen tanker arrives at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital …

‘Ensure MHA Order Is Implemented’: Delhi HC on Oxygen Shortage
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Ensure MHA Order Is Implemented’: Delhi HC on Oxygen Shortage

The Quint  

This order came after several hospitals in the national capital rushed to the High Court pleading for help, as they were running out of oxygen supply in their units, after Haryana government allegedly sealed supplier plants. Advocate Rahul Mehra representing the Delhi government, informed the court that Saroj Hospital and Shanti Mukund Hospital will run out of oxygen soon. The …

Covid-19: Oxygen shortage cripples hospitals, Delhi sees over 700% rise in demand
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Oxygen shortage cripples hospitals, Delhi sees over 700% rise in demand

India Today  

Patients gasping for breath, some lying on hospital pavements, their kin desperately searching for oxygen cylinders and beds, cries for help on social media, hospitals pleading courts to help them get emergency oxygen supply, and scores of pyres burning in crematoriums. In a letter to the states, Bhalla said in view of the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases and the …

Delhi HC asks Centre to ensure security to tankers carrying oxygen, create separate corridor for them
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi HC asks Centre to ensure security to tankers carrying oxygen, create separate corridor for them

India Today  

Hearing an urgent plea to ensure supply of medical oxygen, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the central government to immediately implement the Centre's allocation order whereby Delhi is supposed to get 480 metric tonnes of medical oxygen. #Breaking | Delhi HC asks centre to immediately implement the allocation order of 480 metric tonnes of oxygen to the national …

Centre raises Delhi's oxygen quota to 480 metric tonnes
3 years, 8 months ago

Centre raises Delhi's oxygen quota to 480 metric tonnes

India Today  

With several private and government hospitals in Delhi running low on medical oxygen for COVID-19 patients, the Centre raised the national capital's oxygen quota from 378 metric tonnes to 480 metric tonnes on Wednesday. The Centre announced that it will supply 480 metric tonnes of oxygen to Delhi, which will come from Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …

Centre’s revised supply plan: Haryana gets 162 MT medical oxygen
3 years, 8 months ago

Centre’s revised supply plan: Haryana gets 162 MT medical oxygen

Hindustan Times  

Following a wrestle over supply of medical oxygen, the Union health ministry on Wednesday issued an updated supply plan for Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Haryana health minister Anil Vij on Wednesday had said that a Faridabad-bound tanker carrying medical oxygen from Panipat was waylaid in Delhi and the oxygen was forcibly taken by the …

Haryana govt official stopped oxygen supply: Manish Sisodia
3 years, 8 months ago

Haryana govt official stopped oxygen supply: Manish Sisodia

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged on Wednesday that an official of the Haryana government stopped oxygen supply to Delhi from a plant in Faridabad. Mr. Sisodia said the Centre decides the quota of oxygen for States and the AAP govt had been demanding that the Centre increase Delhi's quota of oxygen from 378 metric tonnes to 700 metric tonnes. …

Coronavirus | Centre steps in to restore oxygen supplies to Delhi
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre steps in to restore oxygen supplies to Delhi

The Hindu  

Oxygen stocks at several hospitals in the national capital dipped to alarming lows following disruption of supplies from Haryana on Wednesday. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “The problem regarding Haryana and Delhi has been resolved.” Hospitals in Haryana too might be staring at oxygen shortages soon, said Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan. We r very grateful to centre for this.” …

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 …

COVID-19 surge: Several private, govt hospitals in Delhi receive fresh supply of medical oxygen
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 surge: Several private, govt hospitals in Delhi receive fresh supply of medical oxygen

India TV News  

Some major government and private hospitals in Delhi received a fresh stock of medical oxygen in the early hours of Wednesday, averting a crisis just in time, according to officials. Dr. Suresh Kumar, medical director of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, said a truck carrying oxygen from a vendor reached the facility around 3 am. Oxygen shortage at …

Oxygen tanker reaches Delhi's GTB Hospital just in time amid acute shortage, 500 critical Covid patients saved
3 years, 8 months ago

Oxygen tanker reaches Delhi's GTB Hospital just in time amid acute shortage, 500 critical Covid patients saved

India Today  

After Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Tuesday that Delhi’s GTB Hospital was running out of medical oxygen, one oxygen tanker reached the hospital just in time at 1:30 am on Wednesday. At 11 pm, Principal of University College of Medical Sciences Anil Jain had told India Today that “a catastrophe may occur in GTB hospital” if supply of …

Oxygen left for an hour, 35 Covid patients on support, says hospital, cops arrange supply in quick action
3 years, 8 months ago

Oxygen left for an hour, 35 Covid patients on support, says hospital, cops arrange supply in quick action

India TV News  

Delhi Police on Sunday arranged emergency oxygen requirement for Mansa Ram hospital situated at Nangloi-Nazafgarh road after it received distress call around 1:30 pm from the hospital director Rajesh Dabas. Additional DCP/OD Sudhanshu Dhama coordinated with several officials and also directed two teams under ACP Ashish to immediately rush to Mundka and Bawana to arrange oxygen cylinders from suppliers. However …

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, 3 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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