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Medium, small-sized hospitals may begin vaccination in June
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The problem of vaccine shortages at private hospitals, which started when vaccinations were opened up to senior citizens in March and worsened when people above 18 were made eligible from May 1, has been sorted out after meetings with manufacturers.
ET Bureau
Several medium and small-sized hospitals in India may start their inoculation drives from next month after reaching supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers.
The problem of vaccine shortages at private hospitals, which started when vaccinations were opened up to senior citizens in March and worsened when people above 18 were made eligible from May 1, has been sorted out after meetings with manufacturers.
A K Rawat, 58, had served at the hospital for 27 years
NEW DELHI: To add to their woes about inadequate oxygen supplies in the past 18 days, Delhi hospitals have struggled with their staff being infected with Covid-19, in the process creating a work overload on the remaining medical teams.
At Saroj Super Specialty Hospital in Rohini, surgeon A K Rawat, 58, succumbed to Covid, further burdening the facility that has already had to close its labour, cardiology and neurology departments due to the 86 medical and support staff testing positive.
Other hospitals similarly told TOI about doctors and paramedics reaching a stage of utter exhaustion due to heavy workloads caused by truncated staff strengths. At least 317 people, including doctors and paramedic staff, have tested positive for the coronavirus in just four hospitals in the past month.
Covid India: Low oxygen stock could endanger lives of babies, children
Web report/New Delhi Filed on May 5, 2021
Workers of a wholesale supplier load medical oxygen cylinders in a car that are to be transported to hospitals. Photo: AFP
Delhi hospital has about 10 babies in ICU with just one backup oxygen cylinder.
Three hospitals in Delhi, including two for babies and children, are facing the grim challenge of low oxygen stock, which could endanger the lives of patients.
Triton hospital, which has about 10 babies in its neonatal ICU, had just one backup oxygen cylinder left on Tuesday. “We have 10-12 babies in the NICU and almost all of them require oxygen,” said Dr Deepali Gupta of the hospital.
Dr Umar Zahoor, head of the emergency department at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, said they stop the supply of oxygen to patients who can survive without the life-saving gas for a few hours in such a crisis situation.