Oxygen supply meets demand for first time
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Capital received 730 MT of oxygen against similar requirement, says CM
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Preparations in full swing to set up a COVID-19 facility at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Thursday.
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SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Capital received 730 MT of oxygen against similar requirement, says CM
There was a glimmer of hope on Thursday that the oxygen crisis in the city would soon end as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shared that the Capital had received 730 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen from the Central government on Wednesday against the 700 MT required daily.
Mr. Kejriwal thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Central government, the Supreme Court and the High Court for their effort to ensure that the Capital received oxygen as per the demand for the first time since the oxygen crisis started and hoped it was not a one-off instance.
HCL Enterprise, which has companies like HCL Technologies, HCL Infosystems and HCL healthcare, said today that it is extending support to Covid-19 care facilities in NCR to bolster the State’s efforts to manage the large number of infections in the National Capital. HCL’s support includes assistance in the form of more than 500 hospital beds at various facilities such as the Commonwealth Games Village, Holy Family Hospital, Sama Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi; and Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida Authority, said a company statement. At the Commonwealth Games Village (CWG), in partnership with the Government of Delhi and Doctors for You, HCL has also supported the import and installation of an oxygen plant for the facility which can provide continuous oxygen supply directly to the beds. The CWG Covid facility which was shut in December 2020, due to fall in Covid cases, has been restarted on April 18, 2021.
519 The disruption of oxygen supply is causing deaths almost on a daily basis in the country. - File photo
The disruption of oxygen supply is causing deaths almost on a daily basis in the country. Earlier this week, 24 patients, 23 of them Covid-infected, died in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar due to alleged shortage of the life-saving gas in the district hospital. On Saturday, 12 Covid-19 patients, including a senior doctor, succumbed at a private hospital in New Delhi after it reportedly ran out of medical oxygen for more than an hour. Though the Central government claims that there is no shortage of oxygen, the lapses are evident on all counts, be it production, allocation, transportation or supply.
Australia’s superstar cricketers face an uncertain future in India as the lucrative IPL is suspended and multiple players test positive to Covid-19 - with another 9000 Aussies trapped in the virus-ravaged nation.
Even more of Australia s top cricketers in India were forced into isolation on Tuesday after a third IPL player tested positive for the virus.
The IPL has now announced the immediate indefinite suspension of the big-money tournament featuring many of the world s best players, acknowledging that if the seven-week competition were to continue it may put lives at stake .
Organisers released a statement saying the IPL would work with player s home nations to get them home safely, but Australia has a total ban on flights from the nation - and has even threatened citizens with five years in prison if they return.
Delhi s CWG Covid Care Centre to have its own oxygen plant
Delhi s CWG Covid Care Centre to have its own oxygen plant
The Covid Care Centre at Delhi s Commonwealth Games Village will soon become the first such centre to have its own oxygen plant which is expected to go live in a few days.
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UPDATED: May 4, 2021 10:26 IST
The Covid Care Centre at Delhi s Commonwealth Games Village will soon have its own oxygen plant (PTI photo)
The Covid Care Centre at Delhi s Commonwealth Games Village will soon become the first such centre here to have its own oxygen plant which is expected to go live in a few days.