Delhi Oxygen Crisis: Delhi s premier hospitals have flagged oxygen shortage amid spurt in Covid cases.
New Delhi: Hospitals in Delhi kept sending distress messages for the seventh straight day today. One private hospital said it has barely an hour s supply. Lockdown in the national capital has been extended for another week.
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Delhi s Pentamed Hospital, which has 50 patients on oxygen support, said if it doesn t get new supplies in an hour, lives will be at risk.
Pentamed Hospital has sent two of its vehicles to different plants in Bahadurgarh and Bawana for getting oxygen supply but there are long queues, said Deepak Sethi, the manager of the Pentamed Hospital.
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COVID-19 in Delhi: Amid surge in cases, CM Arvind Kejriwal extends lockdown
To keep a watch on oxygen availability, the Delhi government has decided that the manufacturers, suppliers and hospitals will update supply and consumption data every two hours on a portal set up by it
New Delhi: Back to the wall, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced extension of the ongoing lockdown in Delhi for another week, saying the severity of COVID-19 persists and the positivity rate has been as high as 36 per cent in the last few days.
To keep a watch on oxygen availability, the Delhi government has decided that the manufacturers, suppliers and hospitals will update supply and consumption data every two hours on a portal set up by it.