Steel plants, which produce oxygen, are ramping up manufacturing to try to meet demand. On Thursday night, a train, dubbed the âOxygen Expressâ, began its first journey from a steel facility in Andhra Pradesh carrying seven tankers each loaded with 15 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen.
The first âOxygen Expressâ train loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers has left for Maharashtra from Vizag.
Railways continues to serve the nation in difficult times by transporting essential commodities and driving innovation to ensure the wellbeing of all citizens. pic.twitter.com/4t7ZKbjeIT Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 22, 2021
The virus has spread with unprecedented speed in India, with health experts blaming lax measures, political failings and a more infectious variant. On Friday morning, India reported another record-breaking daily case load of 332,348 in the previous 24 hours. It followed news on Thursday that India had registered the highest number of infections
Sushmita Sen organises oxygen cylinders for Delhi hospital
by Filmfare | April 23, 2021, 22:01 IST Actor Sushmita Sen has always been inspiring but this act of hers made us love her more. The actor had retweeted a post about the CEO of Delhi s Shanti Mukand Hospital breaking down on camera due to the shortage of oxygen in his hospital which had put patients at risk. This comes as India is battling the severe second wave of the COVID-19 virus. Having seen the video, Sen managed to organise a few oxygen cylinders for the hospital but was facing difficulties in sending them to Delhi and had asked for help on Twitter.
We are supposed to give life. If we cannot give even oxygen, our patients will die, said Sunil Kumar Saggar, CEO of Shanti Mukand Hospital in Karkardooma, in a choked voice around 2.43pm on Thursday with his hospital left with just two hours of oxygen. He was anxious about the 110 Covid patients in their care.
The crisis had started brewing at this 200-bed hospital around 3am. Out of the 110 Covid patients, 12 were on ventilator with one consuming 18 litres of oxygen per minute. Saggar, along with a couple of doctors, reviewed the situation and hoped to survive for some more hours, relying on the 1.7 metric tonnes of oxygen received from their vendor a day earlier. By 5am, more doctors had arrived. However, as the day progressed, the hospital realised it would soon run out of oxygen.