Health Secretary says issue requires urgent attention as Tamil Nadu is running out of oxygen
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that the Centre “should take immediate steps” to ensure adequate supply of oxygen to Tamil Nadu so that the reserves in the State do not run out by Saturday, as apprehended by Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan and Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Managing Director P. Umanath. “It is critical, and requires the attention of the highest offices so that lives are not lost for want of oxygen,” the court observed.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the interim order on a public interest litigation petition, taken up by the court