Delhi, Haryana Spar Over Oxygen Supplies As Shortage Continues
While Delhi alleged that the Haryana government is blocking oxygen tankers meant for their hospitals, Haryana accused Delhi of looting their supplies and said henceforth oxygen tankers will move with police escort.
Workers load empty cylinders of medical oxygen, required for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients, as coronavirus cases surge across the country, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Photo: PTI.
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New Delhi: Amid an acute oxygen shortage in the midst of the COVID-19 surge, the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi and the BJP-led government in Haryana accused each other of ‘stealing’ oxygen supply by stopping and confiscating vehicles bound for various hospitals.
Did Haryana block oxygen supply to Delhiâs hospitals?
Four city hospitals claimed the neighbouring state had stopped their supply before Delhi s deputy CM said it d been restored. But the scramble for oxygen continues.
Shambhavi Thakur
At around 3.30 pm on Wednesday, Dr John Punnooses, associate medical director at St Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, told
Newslaundry they only had enough oxygen to last until 8 in the evening.
âOur supplier of oxygen is Linde and the plant is in Faridabad,â he said. âAuthorities of the Linde organization informed us that the plant has been sealed by the Haryana government and they will not be able to supply us oxygen. The oxygen supply at the hospital will run out by 8 pm. We have 300 Covid patients who are admitted and are receiving oxygen.â