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Indias govt eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps   Published On The number of new confirmed cases in India on Thursday surpassed 400,000 NEW DELHI (AP) — Under order by the Supreme Court, India’s government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the country’s exploding coronavirus crisis. Government officials also denied reports that they have been slow in distribu...

Ashok Sharma Health workers in personal protective equipment sanitize a train prepared as COVID-19 care centre in the wake of spike in the number of positive coronavirus cases, at a railway station in Gauhati, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ...

Indias govt eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a person to test for COVID-19 as others wait for their turn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Rajanish ...

Published Thursday, May 6, 2021 7:13AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:54PM EDT NEW DELHI - Under order by the Supreme Court, Indias government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the countrys exploding corona virus crisis. Government officials also denied reports that they have been slow in distributing life-saving medical supplies don...

Indian Officials Deny Withholding Oxygen Supplies Donated From Other Countries On 5/6/21 at 11:59 AM EDT Government officials in India deny reports that they have been slow to distribute oxygen supplies donated from abroad as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. The government raised the oxygen supply to 730 tons from 490 tons per day in New Delhi, per the Supreme Courts recent order to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals to hopefully ease the shortage that has crippled the countrys health care sy...

AP A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a person to test for covid-19 as others wait for their turn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 6. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. AP An Indian health worker checks body temperature of a woman during a door-to-door survey being conducted as a precaut...

Government officials also denied reports that they have been slow in distributing life-saving supplies donated from abroad. The government raised the oxygen supply to 730 tons from 490 tons per day in New Delhi as ordered by the Supreme Court. The court intervened after 12 COVID-19 patients, including a senior doctor, died at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital when it ran out of medical oxygen for 80 minutes last week. On May 5 night, 11 other COVID-19 patients died when pressure in an oxygen line...

India shatters record, reports more than 412K new COVID-19 cases in 1 day By Ashok Sharma New Delhi residents report hours-long lines for oxygen Residents of Delhi, India, lined up to get oxygen tanks refilled on April 30, as cases of COVID-19 soared across the country. NEW DELHI (AP) - Under order by the Supreme Court, Indias government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the cou...

Court orders Indias government to supply more oxygen to hospitals By Ashok Sharma New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell physicians have stepped up to support relief efforts in India. NEW DELHI (AP) - Under order by the Supreme Court, Indias government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the countrys exploding coronavirus crisis. Government officials also denied reports that they hav...

  NEW DELHI -- Under order by the Supreme Court, Indias government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the countrys exploding coronavirus crisis. Government officials also denied reports that they have been slow in distributing life-saving medical supplies donated from abroad. The government raised the oxygen supply to 730 tons from 490 tons per day in New Delhi as ordered by...