NEW DELHI: The Army has sounded an alarm over the Delhi government reducing the daily oxygen quota for its Base Hospital in Delhi Cantonment, stressing that its reserves may run out if the shortages are not addressed in time.
The Army has taken up the urgent need for additional allocation of oxygen supplies for the Base Hospital with the defence ministry and state authorities, even as it also arranges large cylinders on its own from nearby places.
“The Base Hospital, which has been converted into a 450-bed Covid facility, has a daily requirement of 3.4 metric ton of oxygen in the form of cylinders. The Delhi government was allotting only 1 MT till now. It further reduced it to 0.42 MT from Monday night onwards,” said a senior Army officer on Tuesday.
Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson said later that 110 cylinders were sent
The Army’s Base Hospital in Delhi Cantonment is running low on oxygen after the Delhi government drastically reduced the allocation, Army sources said on Tuesday.
“Allocation for Base Hospital is done through Delhi government. The situation has arisen after Delhi government cut down the allocation by almost one third. The issue has been taken up with the concerned authorities through the Defence Ministry,” a source said.
Late in the evening, Raghav Chadha, national spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party, said on Twitter that oxygen cylinders were sent to Base Hospital.
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As per sources in the Indian Army, the base hospital has enough supplies to take care of its patients
The Army Base Hospital in Delhi is facing shortage of medical oxygen after the city government reduced its quota, news agency ANI reported. It said that army authorities have taken up the matter with the local authorities through Defence Ministry.
The hospital has, however, enough supplies for the time being and can take care of its patients but the issue has to be addressed shortly otherwise it can lead to shortages, the Army sources told ANI.
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