The Max Hospital-Saket on Friday morning sent out an SOS, saying it was left with an hour s oxygen supply and over 700 patients admitted. Two hours later, in a tweet, the hospital confirmed that it had received emergency supplies, which will last last another two hours . The hospital said it had been awaiting fresh supply from oxygen manufacturer Inox since 1 am. SOS - Less than an hour s Oxygen supplies at Max Smart Hospital & Max Hospital Saket. Awaiting promised fresh supplies from INOX since 1 am. @drharshvardhan @msisodia @PMOIndia @ArvindKejriwal @PiyushGoyal @SatyendarJain over 700 patients admitted, need immediate assistance, the hospital had tweeted at 7.43 am.
India posts world record daily COVID cases for second straight day
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India posts world record daily COVID cases for second straight day
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India’s healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections.
The surge in cases, blamed on a new virus variant and the government allowing super spreader public events to go ahead, saw another 330,000 new infections and 2,000 deaths reported in the past 24 hours.
The latest in a string of fires at hospitals broke out on the outskirts of Mumbai early Friday morning, a local official told AFP. It has since been put out and the cause was being investigated.
India hospitals overwhelmed by virus, Japan to declare emergency
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5 Relatives and staff carry the dead body of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India.
NEW DELHI: Hospitals in India launched desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday as the nation s Covid crisis plummeted to horrifying new depths, while Japan readied to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo just three months before it hosts the Olympics.
Covid-19 surges are placing a major strain on healthcare systems across the world, with no end in sight to a pandemic that has killed more than three million people.
Delhi s Max Hospital receives emergency oxygen supply after SOS
Amid a serious oxygen crisis in the national capital, 25 sickest COVID-19 patients died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here in the last 24 hours.
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NEW DELHI: The Max Hospital-Saket on Friday morning sent out an SOS, saying it was left with an hour s oxygen supply and over 700 patients admitted.
Two hours later, in a tweet, the hospital confirmed that it had received emergency supplies, which will last last another two hours .
The hospital said it had been awaiting fresh supply from oxygen manufacturer Inox since 1 am.
Record Infections Overwhelm India s Hospitals By Bhuvan Bagga with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai
04/23/21 AT 6:41 AM
Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India s healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections.
The surge, blamed on a new virus variant and recent super spreader public events, saw another 330,000 new infections a new world record and 2,000 deaths reported in the past 24 hours.
The latest in a string of fires at hospitals broke out on the outskirts of Mumbai early Friday morning, a local official told AFP. It has since been put out and the cause was being investigated.