JAIPUR:
ESI Hospital, which was declared as a dedicated Covid facility, failed to admit patients for treatment from Wednesday due to
oxygen shortage.
Beds in government-run dedicated Covid RUHS and
Jaipuria hospitals are almost full.
Patients were hoping for ESI hospital to function with 126 beds having oxygen supply. But, due to unavailability of oxygen, the health department failed to start the facility.
“Without oxygen, the Covid treatment facility cannot run. We deployed our staff, made medicines available and other arrangements were made but did not get oxygen, due to which we did not convert it as a dedicated facility. Once we get oxygen supply, we will start it,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officer (Jaipur-I).
As the government-run dedicated Covid hospitals are getting fully occupied, the health department issued orders on Wednesday to private hospitals having 60 bed to 100 beds to reserve 40% in wards and in ICUsfor Covid patients.