Dr Umar Zahoor, head of the emergency department at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, said they stop the supply of oxygen to patients who can survive without the life-saving gas for a few hours in such a crisis situation.
2 Delhi Hospitals Send SOS For Oxygen Just Before Midnight 2 Delhi Hospitals Send SOS For Oxygen Just Before Midnight It was the fourth time Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had sent an SOS for medical oxygen in less than 24 hours
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New Delhi:
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi late on Saturday night said it had medical oxygen left to last only about 45 minutes to an hour. A private medical facility in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, Gandhi Hospital, also sent out an SOS for oxygen, saying they had about an hour's supply of oxygen left.
It was the fourth time Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had sent an SOS for medical oxygen in less than 24 hours. Sources said alarms began to ring in the ventilator and bipap machines, used to pump air into the lungs of critical patients.