The crisis of medical oxygen continues to deepen in the national capital Delhi amid rising cases of corona virus. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to the Chief Ministers of all the states of the country seeking cooperation for oxygen.
CM Kejriwal of Delhi said in the letter that ‘Medical oxygen is not produced in Delhi and there is no medical oxygen factory here, so do whatever you can to support it.’
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to his counterparts from other states requesting supply of oxygen.
In the letter, Kejriwal said, “The central government is helping us, but the outbreak of covid-19 is such that all the resources being provided are falling short.”
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There is an outcry in Delhi hospitals regarding oxygen supply. There is a lot of pressure on hospitals where small and big hospitals are running out of limited supplies for the next few hours. Disappointing scenes are also seen outside hospitals, where queues of ambulances, troubled relatives are pleading to recruit patients, patients are breathing and hospitals trying to deal with emergency situations standing at their door Have been.
Hospital in Delhi forced to use protected storage of oxygen
In the midst of a deepening crisis over the lack of oxygen in Delhi, many hospitals have no option but to use protected back-up storage. Some hospitals like Saroj Super Specialty are advising relatives of patients to take patients to another hospital. Forti’s Hospital (Shalimar Bagh) is currently running on a protected oxygen supply and has urged the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister of Delhi and other ministers to provide ‘immediate help’.
Saroj Super Specialty Hospital has not been supplied oxygen for the last 44 hours and is now advising relatives of the patients to take them to another hospital. PK Bhardwaj, Medical Director of Saroj Super Specialty Hospital, said, “We are running out of oxygen and using our back-ups. We have informed the patients about the situation and are advising them to be admitted to other hospitals. Things are really very unstable. “
Bhardwaj said that the hospital needs an average of three metric tons of oxygen per day and has been getting around one metric ton of oxygen for the last few days. The hospital currently has 70 patients on oxygen.
Officials said that 20 extremely sick patients died overnight in Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid an oxygen crisis. There are about 200 patients admitted to the hospital and they had only half an hour of oxygen left at 10.45 am.
The situation is also similar in Forti’s Hospital of Shalimar Bagh and work is being carried out here with protected oxygen supply and waiting for oxygen supply from morning. The hospital tweeted that oxygen was running out at Forties Hospital in Shalimar Bagh and patients’ lives were in danger.
The hospital said in the tweet, “We are using conserved oxygen and are waiting for its supply since morning.” We are currently prohibiting the recruitment of patients. Immediately there is a request for help. ” He has tagged this tweet to the Prime Minister’s Office, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
The hospital said that it is keeping patients and the stakeholders aware of the ‘critical situation’ and is trying to manage the admitted patients to the best of their ability. Other hospitals receiving new supplies claim that their oxygen storage will end in a few hours.
Batra Hospital located in Tughlakabad Institutional Area received an emergency supply of oxygen by the Delhi government within minutes of the oxygen exhaustion. He has said that his storage will last for one and a half hours.
The hospital’s executive director, Sudhanshu Venkat, said that the hospital had run out of oxygen at around 9 am. He told, “Just now, emergency supply of oxygen has been provided to us by the Delhi government. It will last for about one and a half hours. Our supplier is not answering the phone. “There are about 350 patients admitted to the hospital of which 265 are suffering from Corona virus and 30 are in ICU.
Officials said the Sir Gangaram Hospital in central Delhi requires at least 11,000 cubic meters of oxygen per day. When 1.5 tons of oxygen reached the hospital, it had 200 cubic meters of oxygen left. An official said, “This 1.5 tonne supply can be finished in two hours.” The situation is very serious. “
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