Medical supplies begin to reach India as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain and Sanjeev Miglani
Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.
A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in the capital, New Delhi, though a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain had no surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to spare.
France is this week sending eight large oxygen generating plants and Ireland, Germany and Australia are sending oxygen concentrators and ventilators, an Indian foreign ministry official said, underlining the crucial need of oxygen.
Medical supplies flow into India as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain and Sanjeev Miglani
Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of oxygen supplies and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.
Supplies from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, said Reuters partner ANI, while France is sending oxygen generators able to provide 250 patients with a year s supply of the gas, its embassy said.
Even China, locked in a year-long military standoff with India on their disputed Himalayan border, said it was trying to get medical supplies to its neighbour.
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April 27, 2021
A patient wearing an oxygen mask is wheeled inside a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave
India s coronavirus death toll neared the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections.
Over the past 24 hours, India recorded 323,144 new cases, slightly below a worldwide peak of 352,991 reached on Monday, with overrun hospitals turning away patients due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies.
70 tonnes of life-saving gas for overwhelmed
hospitals as the coronavirus outbreak sweeps the nation.
New Delhi is the most populous city in India, with about 30 million residents.
Hospitals have been turning away patients in need of life-saving treatment because of a lack of beds, oxygen and supplies.
Dr K Preetham, chief of medical administration at the
Indian Spinal Injuries Centre in New Delhi, said the scarcity of oxygen was the main concern. For seven days, most of us haven t slept. Because of the scarcity, we are forced to put two patients on one cylinder and this is a time-consuming process because we don t have long tubes, he said.
India gets some medical supplies as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain and Sanjeev Miglani
Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000.
A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in the capital, New Delhi, though a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain had no surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to spare.
France is sending eight large oxygen generating plants this week and Ireland, Germany and Australia are sending oxygen concentrators and ventilators, an Indian foreign ministry official said, underlining the crucial need of oxygen.