The administrators of Holy Family, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) and Manipal too red-flagged the issue of oxygen shortage. “We have been waiting for oxygen since last night but no luck so far,” ISIC officials tweeted at 1 pm on Friday, adding that even the oxygen cylinder stock they had was getting depleted. Shortly after that, the hospital received its supply of oxygen.
In a statement, the management said: “The hospital has been desperately trying to arrange oxygen cylinders since Friday morning, as a result of which 18 oxygen cylinders were arranged till the evening, which will help us treat the patients for now. However, this was not enough and we would have faced a grave crisis were we to run out of cylinder oxygen.”
Tragedy strikes premier hospital in Delhi
In an SOS statement, the hospital on Friday morning said lives of 60 critical patients were in peril and that the oxygen will last only for another two hours.
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Staff of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after panic strikes over shortage of oxygen. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: There is tragedy unfolding at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. As many as 25 Covid-19 patients, who were said to be in the “sickest” category, died in the last 24 hours at one of the biggest private hospitals in the national capital.
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Some hospitals in the national capital continued to grapple with severe shortage of medical oxygen on Friday even after receiving emergency supplies. 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 another two hours . 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 Max Hospital had tweeted at 7.43 am.