Rajkot: For the past two days, Rajkot private hospitals had been facing short supply of oxygen resulting in a few hospitals declining to admit new patients on Wednesday. However, later the district administration assured the hospital administrations of restoring normal supply by evening.
Oxygen requirement in Rajkot’s Covid hospitals is around 90,000 kilo litre (KL) per day of which, around 40,000 KL is consumed by the civil hospital and Samras hostel alone. Around 900 patients are being treated in these hospital facilities.
Dr Hiren Kothari, member of national working committee of Indian Medical Association (IMA) said, “We have been told that there is low supply from the agency where we are procuring oxygen. We had no option but to stop admitting newer patients as we have to first ensure that we can provide enough oxygen support to the existing patients.”