Bihar's 'oxygen man' ray of hope for critical COVID-19 patients
3 years, 11 months ago

Bihar's 'oxygen man' ray of hope for critical COVID-19 patients

India TV News  

People hardly know him by his real name in Bihar, but one mention of the 'oxygen man' and he is instantly recognised as the life-saver for critically ill COVID-19 patients in times of severe shortage of oxygen supply. At a time when hospitals are turning away COVID-19 patients due to shortage of beds and oxygen cylinders, Rai has come across as an 'angel' for the distressed, said several patients who have got a new lease of life owing to his efforts. Help also came from the Bihar Foundation, which donated 200 oxygen cylinders, Rai said. "Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, we have provided cylinders to a total of 1,103 patients in Patna and other parts of the state," he said. Rai said he gets the empty cylinders filled from a benevolent "Kumar Enterprises" located in Patna for a modest Rs 100 each.

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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 …

Bihar’s Oxygen Man saves 1,400 covid patients in 10 months
3 years, 10 months ago

Bihar’s Oxygen Man saves 1,400 covid patients in 10 months

Live Mint  

Last July, a 50-year-old Patna resident spent a week in hospital battling covid-19. Gaurav Rai, now known as Bihar’s ‘Oxygen Man’, has since saved over 1,400 lives across the state by providing oxygen cylinders free of cost to critically ill patients in home isolation. Gopal Sinha, a Patna-based regional manager of a private company, says Rai helped them when his …

Covid victim's wife alleges molestation, O2 scams in Bihar hospitals
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid victim's wife alleges molestation, O2 scams in Bihar hospitals

India TV News  

The wife of a Covid patient, who succumbed in a private hospital in Patna on May 8, has alleged that a doctor there had molested her, while the hospital administration deliberately switched off the oxygen supply in the ICU, to force people to buy oxygen cylinders, and this caused her husband's death. "My husband also stayed there for 6 to …

The second wave and the Indian State
3 years, 10 months ago

The second wave and the Indian State

Hindustan Times  

In an influential paper published over a decade ago, the economist Lant Pritchett described India as a “flailing State” — in which the head, that is the elite institutions at the national level remained sound and functional but was no longer reliably connected to its own limbs. We need a hospital policy; a human resource policy; transparent data on oxygen …

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 …

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 …

Doctor in COVID-hit India forced to decide who lives and who dies
3 years, 10 months ago

Doctor in COVID-hit India forced to decide who lives and who dies

Al Jazeera  

‘Who to be saved, who not to be saved should be decided by God. Everyone at Holy Family Hospital – patients, relatives and staff – knows there aren’t enough beds, not enough oxygen or ventilators to keep everyone who arrives at the hospital’s front gates alive. A security guard, Mahendar Baisoyar, is posted outside the emergency room door to ensure …

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 …

'Covid-19 Can't Be Managed By Same Department Created To Oversee Healthcare System In Normal Situations': Patna High Court Mulls Constituting Expert Committee
3 years, 10 months ago

'Covid-19 Can't Be Managed By Same Department Created To Oversee Healthcare System In Normal Situations': Patna High Court Mulls Constituting Expert Committee

Live Law  

The Patna High Court on Friday observed that it may not be feasible for the State Health Department, created to oversee the healthcare system in normal circumstances, to manage the recent surge in Covi-19 cases. The present spike of COVID cases, in the Court's opinion, cannot be managed and led by the same establishment i.e the Department of Health, Government …

COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage

India TV News  

COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were "at risk". Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, …

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital
3 years, 10 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 …

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 …

Meet Gaurav Rai, Patna's 'Oxygen Man', Who Has Saved More Than 900 Lives of Covid Patients
3 years, 10 months ago

Meet Gaurav Rai, Patna's 'Oxygen Man', Who Has Saved More Than 900 Lives of Covid Patients

News 18  

He is popularly known as the ‘Oxygen Man’ and people hardly know what his real name is. Meet Gaurav Rai, a man with a mission, a man who has so far saved the lives of more than 950 Corona patients by providing them with oxygen cylinders at their homes. Carrying oxygen cylinders in his small WagonR car, Gaurav Rai starts …

MP farmer donates Rs 2 lakh kept for daughter's marriage to buy oxygen
3 years, 10 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 …

'Beg and borrow mode': Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital sends SOS for oxygen cylinders
3 years, 11 months ago

'Beg and borrow mode': Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital sends SOS for oxygen cylinders

India TV News  

'Beg and borrow mode': Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital sends SOS for oxygen cylinders Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has said that it is facing an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders to cope with the demand amid skyrocketing Covid-19 cases. Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has said that it is facing an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders to cope with the …

Patna High Court Orders To Create Dedicated Covid Complaint Email ID For Private Hospitals Facing Oxygen Shortage Due To State's Inaction
3 years, 11 months ago

Patna High Court Orders To Create Dedicated Covid Complaint Email ID For Private Hospitals Facing Oxygen Shortage Due To State's Inaction

Live Law  

"Refusal of admission of COVID patients by any hospital because of absence of oxygen is a serious matter and is likely to be fatal," the Patna High Court expressed. "State Inaction In Providing Healthcare To Citizens Violates Article 21": Patna High Court Directs State Human Rights Commission To Conduct Surprise Inspections At Covid Hospitals Background The order was passed while …

Top news of the day: Oxygen shortage kills 20 more COVID-19 patients in Delhi; customs duty on COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and medical oxygen waived for three months, and more
3 years, 11 months ago

Top news of the day: Oxygen shortage kills 20 more COVID-19 patients in Delhi; customs duty on COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and medical oxygen waived for three months, and more

The Hindu  

These decisions were taken at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to review steps taken to boost oxygen availability in the country, the Finance Ministry said. Eight bodies were recovered and 384 people rescued, of which six were critical during ongoing rescue efforts after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation detachment and labour camps north of Joshimath in …

Ghaziabad Gurdwara Offers 'Oxygen Langar' as Covid-19 Cases Spike Across Country
3 years, 11 months ago

Ghaziabad Gurdwara Offers 'Oxygen Langar' as Covid-19 Cases Spike Across Country

News 18  

India is witnessing the worst of the pandemic yet: People dying in hospitals due to lack of oxygen. As hospitals in Delhi-NCR scramble to find oxygen supplies, good samaritans and social organisations across Delhi-NCR are giving a new lease of life to COVID-19 patients gasping for breath by banding together wherever possible. The gurdwara’s “oxygen langar” for COVID-19 patients promises …

Oxygen Shortage: Patna High Court Directs Govt To Submit Plan Of Action; Seeks Report On Availability Of ICU Beds, Ventilators
3 years, 11 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 …

Mumbai Man Who Sold Rs 22 Lakh SUV to Buy Oxygen Cylinders Now Runs Helpline For Covid-19 Patients
3 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai Man Who Sold Rs 22 Lakh SUV to Buy Oxygen Cylinders Now Runs Helpline For Covid-19 Patients

News 18  

The recent oxygen crisis that has gripped the country’s hospitals has crippled the healthcare system and patients are finding it increasingly difficult to avail hospital beds, medicines and oxygen supply. The Malad resident, known as the ‘Oxygen Man’ in his locality, has been working tirelessly to help make the supply of oxygen available to patients through just a phone call. …

India Covid-19: Leaders face public anger over second wave and oxygen shortages
3 years, 11 months ago

India Covid-19: Leaders face public anger over second wave and oxygen shortages

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Just six weeks ago, India’s Health Minister declared that the country was “in the endgame” of the Covid-19 pandemic. “A few weeks ago, the conditions had stabilized – and then came the second wave.” But by then, India’s outbreak was already the world’s biggest in terms of absolute daily numbers. “The government has completely and manifestly …

Oxygen emergency worsens Covid crisis: How to fix it?
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen emergency worsens Covid crisis: How to fix it?

India Today  

As the oxygen emergency worsens the Covid crisis, India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint MD, Apollo Hospitals Group, on how to fix it. But I do want to say that a hospital administrator, knowing that there are two-three hours of oxygen supply left for hundreds of patients, definitely takes every possible step for …

Covid-19: Oxygen shortage cripples hospitals, Delhi sees over 700% rise in demand
3 years, 11 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 …

Amid Rumours Of Supply Shortage, Kin Of Covid-19 Patients Loot Oxygen Cylinders In MP’s Damoh
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid Rumours Of Supply Shortage, Kin Of Covid-19 Patients Loot Oxygen Cylinders In MP’s Damoh

News 18  

Amid several reports of death of Covid-19 patients in Madhya Pradesh, some unidentified persons looted oxygen cylinders from the Damoh District Hospital on Tuesday night. District Collector Tarun Rathi said, “We’ve been told that as soon as the oxygen truck arrived, people looted cylinders. Hearing these reports, family members of patients admitted to the district hospital looted oxygen cylinders kept …

India’s second Covid wave hits like a ‘tsunami’ as hospitals run out of oxygen and beds
3 years, 11 months ago

India’s second Covid wave hits like a ‘tsunami’ as hospitals run out of oxygen and beds

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started in mid-March tears through the country with devastating speed. On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned that failing to halt movement in the city could lead to “tragedy.” “We don’t want to take Delhi to a place …

Over 500 Covid patients on oxygen at GTB Hospital, supply left for 4 hrs: Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain
3 years, 11 months ago

Over 500 Covid patients on oxygen at GTB Hospital, supply left for 4 hrs: Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain

India TV News  

Over 500 Covid patients on oxygen at GTB Hospital, supply left for 4 hrs: Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain Hours before Jain's tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sent an SOS message to the Centre to provide oxygen to city hospitals, saying some of them were left with just a few hours of supply. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain made a …

Oxygen left for an hour, 35 Covid patients on support, says hospital, cops arrange supply in quick action
3 years, 11 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 …

Patna: Citing shortage of oxygen for Covid patients, chief of state-run NMCH asks to be relieved from duty
3 years, 11 months ago

Patna: Citing shortage of oxygen for Covid patients, chief of state-run NMCH asks to be relieved from duty

India Today  

In yet another indicator of the worsening Covid-19 situation in Bihar, the medical superintendent of Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in Patna has asked to be relieved from his duty. In his letter to Principal Secretary Pratyaya Amrit, Dr Vinod Kumar Singh has cited the shortage of oxygen cylinders in the NMCH as the primary reason to be relieved from …

"No Information Available To Public": Patna HC Directs State To Ensure Public Briefing Everyday Disclosing Cogent Covid Related Information To Public
3 years, 11 months ago

"No Information Available To Public": Patna HC Directs State To Ensure Public Briefing Everyday Disclosing Cogent Covid Related Information To Public

Live Law  

While observing that the people at large do not have the requisite information about availability of covid related facilities, the Patna High Court this week directed Principal Secretary of the State Health Department to bring such information in public domain through media and ensure that "at-least once every day at a fixed time, a press briefing on behalf of the …

Centre asks states to make rational use of medical oxygen, ensure no wastage
3 years, 11 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 …

Maharashtra: 7 COVID-19 patients die due to shortage of oxygen supply
3 years, 11 months ago

Maharashtra: 7 COVID-19 patients die due to shortage of oxygen supply

Op India  

The shortage of critical care has again resulted in Maharashtra deaths, as seven COVID-19 patients lost their lives in the last two days due to a shortage of oxygen supply. According to the reports, four COVID-19 patients have lost their lives in Nagpur and three more in Dhule in Maharashtra due to a shortage in Oxygen supply. The hospitals in …

Video shows Bihar's medical apathy in pandemic as man dies for want of oxygen support in hospital
4 years, 8 months ago

Video shows Bihar's medical apathy in pandemic as man dies for want of oxygen support in hospital

India TV News  

Several videos of patients apathy have emerged from Bihar, a state that is reeling from the late surge in coronavirus cases. The latest video is from Katihar district hospital were the patient is seen lying on a bed while family members are crying for doctor's help. On Sunday, a high-level team led by Luv Agarwal, Joint Seceratary Union Health and …

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