Metropolis hospitals on Saturday continued to lift alarms about low ranges of oxygen and a few even stopped admissions of recent sufferers.
Hospitals have been dealing with an oxygen scarcity for no less than the previous seven days. Many hospitals additionally complained that contact numbers of nodal officers given by the Delhi authorities for oxygen provide was not responding to their calls.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital raised an alarm at 11 p.m. on Saturday that the hospital had oxygen for under 45 minutes and sought assist from the federal government. It stated that they have been in contact with nodal officers however no assist has come but. Lastly, an oxygen tanker reached the hospital round 12.20 a.m. There have been 130 folks in ICU of the hospital and a complete of over 500 COVID-19 sufferers.
Earlier within the day, Batra Hospital, a non-public hospital, stated their oxygen inventory was nearly zero round 8.30 a.m., the hospital stated.
“The oxygen was nearly zero and we diverted oxygen from all over the place else to the ICU. We have now 265 COVID sufferers,” stated Sudhanshu Bankata, govt director of the hospital, when requested how the hospital managed the state of affairs. At 9.30 a.m., the hospital obtained oxygen by the Delhi authorities.
Round 12.30 p.m., Fortis Healthcare additionally raised an alarm. “Fortis Shalimar Bagh is working out of oxygen. Sufferers’ lives are in danger. We’re working on backup, ready for provides since morning. We’re at the moment suspending admissions,” the hospital stated in an announcement.
“No oxygen! No assist! Govt helpline numbers r of no use. Senior admin not responding to calls. In case of any untoward incident, this admin will make us scapegoat?” Dharamveer Solanki Hospital, which has round 15 COVID-19 sufferers, stated in a tweet at 1 p.m.
A number of different hospitals sought pressing assist from the federal government. Many hospitals have stopped taking new sufferers as a result of scarcity and a few larger hospitals have lowered the variety of beds. GTB Hospital, the second largest Delhi authorities, has lowered its variety of beds for COVID-19 sufferers to 700 on Saturday from 1,500 a number of days again, as a result of low oxygen provide.
On Friday, Rajiv Gandhi Hospital had lowered the variety of beds to 350 from 650 owing to low oxygen shares.