Kashmir’s ‘oxygen gag’ prevents good samaritans from helping breathless citizens
3 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir’s ‘oxygen gag’ prevents good samaritans from helping breathless citizens

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. “But they did not have.” As Kashmiris struggled to breathe in the holy month of Ramadan, it was these private individuals who stepped in to supply oxygen cylinders to those in desperate need, often working round the clock, and sometimes even unable to return home to break their fast with sehri, the traditional pre-dawn meal. “As soon as I saw the situation in Delhi getting bad, I reached out to my friends asking them for help in arranging oxygen cylinders,” shares 50-year-old Iqbal Jaan Zargar. The administration of the capital, Srinagar, directed oxygen manufacturing units in the city to stop providing refills to private persons, societies and non-governmental organisations in a bid “to prevent black marketing of medical oxygen”. District magistrate Mohammad Aijaz says the decision was made in order to ensure “fair and equal access to oxygen supply”.

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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 …

Odisha Researches Come Up with Trolley to Help Hospital Staff Transport Oxygen Cylinders Faster
3 years, 8 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 …

'No One Should Die For Want Of Oxygen': Allahabad High Court Issues Directions For Uninterrupted Supply
3 years, 8 months ago

'No One Should Die For Want Of Oxygen': Allahabad High Court Issues Directions For Uninterrupted Supply

Live Law  

"If even after seven decades of our attaining freedom with so many heavy industries set up, we are not able to provide oxygen to our citizens, it's a matter of shame," observed the Allahabad High Court today. Taking serious note of the situation, the Division Bench directed that oxygen supply to hospitals should remain uninterrupted. Unconvinced, the Bench directed that …

Soren writes to Guj CM to ensure delivery of oxygen equipment
3 years, 8 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 …

5-yr-old Chhattisgarh girl, on ventilator, dies after cylinder runs out of oxygen
6 years, 4 months ago

5-yr-old Chhattisgarh girl, on ventilator, dies after cylinder runs out of oxygen

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A five-year-old girl died on Monday after the cylinder attached to her ventilator support system ran out of oxygen while she was being shifted to another hospital 160 kilometres away in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, an official said. Bijapur Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr B R Pujari said the incident took place when Bulbul Kudiyam, who was diagnosed with …

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