Apr 23, 2021
NEW DELHI – Pankaj Solanki, a doctor and the director of a small hospital in New Delhi, rushed to an oxygen vendor earlier this week to secure enough cylinders to keep 10 COVID-19 patients on the ICU ward breathing.
His supplies would only last until Thursday night, and so he has sent a driver out to try to find more.
“It is mental agony. I can’t bear it any more. What if something happens to the patients?” he said.
The last-minute scramble for oxygen at Dharamveer Solanki Hospital is playing out across the city and the country, which is facing the world’s largest surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Hospitals in the national capital are in dire of oxygen cylinders as Covid cases have shot up in Delhi. Hospitals with Covid infected patients continue to raise the alarm over shortage of oxygen and are constantly sending out SOS calls to the Delhi government and the Centre.
As oxygen supply dips, 25 die in Delhi’s Ganga Ram hospital
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Family members mourn the death of a patient outside Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on April 23, 2021. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Several others make desperate calls for supplies
The shortage of medical oxygen in the national capital region came to a head with one of the largest hospitals, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, reporting on Friday morning that 25 severely ill patients had died in the past 24 hours and 60 other patients were at risk.
Several other hospitals also reported dwindling supplies even as the number of COVID-19 patients mounted. Artemis Hospital in Gurugram sent out at least two public calls for oxygen, while Max Healthcare, with six hospitals and 1,000 beds in the capital region, said at one point that it had less than one hour’s oxygen supply in two major hospitals.
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Satyendar Jain said 800 ICU beds are likely to be added in central government hospitals soon.
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the number of beds for coronavirus patients will be increased in large numbers once the oxygen crisis in the national capital is resolved.
He also said around 800 ICU beds are likely to be added in central government hospitals soon. We have also demanded that the Centre give us 7,000 beds for two weeks. So far, 2,000 beds have been given, he told reporters.
The number of beds are being increased, but Delhi has been facing a serious problem with regard to oxygen supply for the last three days, Mr Jain said.