Hospitals in Delhi continued to struggle in getting timely oxygen supply on Monday amid an increasing number of Covid-19 cases. A flurry of SOS messages continued to flood social media platforms like Twitter for seeking help and timely supplies of oxygen.
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For a fourth day in a row, India has set an unwelcome world record for the number of new coronavirus infections: a further 349,691 cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, with another 2,767 lives lost. The capital, Delhi, is one of the worst-hit areas. The BBC s Vikas Pandey reports from a city whose hospitals are overwhelmed and whose citizens are in desperation.
When Ashwin Mittal s grandmother s oxygen saturation level dropped a week ago, he started frantically looking for a hospital bed in Delhi. He called everybody he could, but every hospital refused.
Patients dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge
Article by April 25, 2021
SOURCE: BBC For the fourth day in a row, India has set an unwelcome world record for new coronavirus infections, with 349,691 more cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, and another 2,767 lives lost.
The BBC’s Vikas Pandey reports from the capital Delhi, where hospitals are overwhelmed and people are desperate.
When Ashwin Mittal’s grandmother’s oxygen saturation level dropped a week ago, he started frantically looking for a hospital bed in Delhi. He called everybody he could, but every hospital refused.
Her condition deteriorated further on Thursday and he took her to the emergency rooms of several hospitals, but every place was full. They accepted the fate that she was going to die without getting any treatment. But she was gasping for every breath and Ashwin just couldn’t bear it after a while.
Delhi has reported over 20,000 new Covid cases per day for the last week
New Delhi:
Rajat Ahluwalia, 38, bruised and exhausted after standing in a kilometre-long queue in Delhi on Sunday, finally managed to secure a 10-litre oxygen cylinder for his ailing 65-year-old father.
Mr Ahluwalia is one among an army of desperate relatives running from pillar to post in the national capital trying to find oxygen and medication for family members battling the COVID-19 virus in overflowing hospitals staffed by overworked doctors and medical professionals.
Poora 10 litre ka cylinder hai. Mera kandha chchil gaya hai jahan jahan se bharwa ke laaya hu kilometre lambi line me lagne ke baad. Tab jaake mujhe Oxygen mili hai (I managed to get a 10-litre cylinder but scraped my shoulders while bringing it.after standing in kilometre-long queues. This is the struggle that I had to go through in order to get oxygen), Mr Ahluwalia told NDTV.
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For a fourth day in a row, India has set an unwelcome world record for the number of new coronavirus infections: a further 349,691 cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, with another 2,767 lives lost. The capital, Delhi, is one of the worst-hit areas. The BBC s Vikas Pandey reports from a city whose hospitals are overwhelmed and whose citizens are in desperation.
When Ashwin Mittal s grandmother s oxygen saturation level dropped a week ago, he started frantically looking for a hospital bed in Delhi. He called everybody he could, but every hospital refused.
Her condition deteriorated further on Thursday and he took her to the emergency rooms of several hospitals, but every place was full. They accepted the fate that she was going to die without getting any treatment. But she was gasping for every breath and Ashwin just couldn t bear it after a while.