ReutersA number of hospitals in the national capital grappled with oxygen scarcity on Saturday amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has stretched the city's healthcare infrastructure to the limits.
Twenty critically ill patients died overnight at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a serious oxygen crisis, officials said.
"The oxygen pressure has dipped as we are running out of stock," Dr D K Baluja, the medical director of Jaipur Golden Hospital, told PTI.
He said the hospital has over 200 patients and they had only half-an-hour of oxygen was left at 10:45 am.
Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad Institutional Area received emergency oxygen supply from the Delhi government moments after it exhausted its stock, officials said.
Executive Director of the hospital, Sudhanshu Bankata, said the facility exhausted its oxygen stock around 9 am.
"Just now, we received an emergency supply from the Delhi government. It will last another one-and-a-half hours. Our supplier has not been responding to calls," he said.
There are around 350 patients admitted in the hospital, of which 265 are COVID-19 positive and 30 are in the ICU.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, in the heart of the national capital, which requires a minimum of 11,000 cubic metres of oxygen daily was left with 200 cubic metres when a tanker with 1.5 tonnes of oxygen arrived, officials said.
"We were running oxygen at half the normal pressure. This supply of 1.5 tonnes of oxygen will may be two hours. The situation is scary," an official said.
Twenty-five COVID patients in the elite hospital died in 24 hours and the lives of many more hung in precarious balance on Friday with the scramble for oxygen getting more frantic in hospitals across the national capital and its suburbs.
The medical director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Suresh Kumar said the facility's oxygen stock can last up to eight hours. It is likely to be a few days before the crisis is resolved, he said.
Delhi logged 24,331 fresh COVID-19 cases and a record single-day jump of 348 deaths on Friday while the positivity rate stood at 32.43 per cent, according to the latest health bulletin.
The city has reported around 2,100 deaths due to the deadly virus in 11 days.
Twenty critically ill patients died overnight at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a serious oxygen crisis, officials said.
"The oxygen pressure has dipped as we are running out of stock," Dr D K Baluja, the medical director of Jaipur Golden Hospital, told PTI.
He said the hospital has over 200 patients and they had only half-an-hour of oxygen was left at 10:45 am.
Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad Institutional Area received emergency oxygen supply from the Delhi government moments after it exhausted its stock, officials said.
Executive Director of the hospital, Sudhanshu Bankata, said the facility exhausted its oxygen stock around 9 am.
"Just now, we received an emergency supply from the Delhi government. It will last another one-and-a-half hours. Our supplier has not been responding to calls," he said.
There are around 350 patients admitted in the hospital, of which 265 are COVID-19 positive and 30 are in the ICU.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, in the heart of the national capital, which requires a minimum of 11,000 cubic metres of oxygen daily was left with 200 cubic metres when a tanker with 1.5 tonnes of oxygen arrived, officials said.
"We were running oxygen at half the normal pressure. This supply of 1.5 tonnes of oxygen will may be two hours. The situation is scary," an official said.
Twenty-five COVID patients in the elite hospital died in 24 hours and the lives of many more hung in precarious balance on Friday with the scramble for oxygen getting more frantic in hospitals across the national capital and its suburbs.
The medical director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Suresh Kumar said the facility's oxygen stock can last up to eight hours. It is likely to be a few days before the crisis is resolved, he said.
Delhi logged 24,331 fresh COVID-19 cases and a record single-day jump of 348 deaths on Friday while the positivity rate stood at 32.43 per cent, according to the latest health bulletin.
The city has reported around 2,100 deaths due to the deadly virus in 11 days.
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6 Comments on this Story
 | dipi ti1 hour ago As LG is final authority for DElhi (Check on net) Center also is responsible for lack of Oxygen. Spread of Corona is due to Greed of GST collection implementing laxity and public not seeing how they should behave. Look at solutions, better than blame games |
| explorindia5 hours ago Congrats delhities now you ahve one nautanki, one pappu and one illitrate banana judiciary enjoy it with dead bodies. Great work. State like Maharashtra can geet Oxygen but our Delhi cannot get. A matter of shame fro Delhi High Court who has spent one full weel lecturing each and every thing but arranging nothing. What a wastage of our money on delhi high court. Like Pappu and Nautanki close them. |
| explorindia5 hours ago Keju and Delhi high courts are to be blamed for all these problems. For the last oeweek both self certifed intelelctuals are barking for oxygen supply. Had both of them sent their people to Orissa, Jharkhand and Tamilnadu, they could have got enough supply of oxygen. How Maharashtra got supply from Andhra and Orissa. Indian judges seem to be more politicians than judges. Ask Keju and his gang members to arrange oxygen from other states and do not go to courts. If you can get it from courts why you are not getting for the last one week. Fortunately neither Kejariwal nor Delhi High court can dictate any other stae otherwise there could have been another pandemic created by Kejariwal and High Court. Let both of them spend full next week in compaigning an dcelebrate the death of patients due to non supply of oxygen. The dead bodies of patients are real tribute to our Delhi High Court and Arvind Kejariwal. |