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A health worker inspects COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at Shehnai Banquet Hall, converted into an isolation centre amid surge in coronavirus cases, near LNJP Hospital in New Delhi.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain made a frantic appeal on Tuesday evening for oxygen supply at the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital. Jain tagged Union Minister Piyush Goyal in his tweet and said that the hospital has supply left for only four hours.
The minister said that over 500 Covid patients are currently admitted at the GTB Hospital. Acute shortage of oxygen at GTB Hospital. Oxygen may not last beyond 4 hrs. More than 500 corona patients on oxygen. Please help @PiyushGoyal
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Responding to allegations by Congress leaders that the Centre was giving preferential treatment to certain states, Goyal said that COVID-19 should not be politicised. Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal, on Monday, said that the Centre is working round the clock to bring under control the COVID-19 situation in the country. In an interview with news agency ANI, the Union Commerce and Industry Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working 18-19 hours a day and has been reviewing the preparedness about COVID-19 even after returning from a campaign in West Bengal.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the government has been fighting a battle against the disease without any discrimination and "politics should not be done on the issue".
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In the state of Madhya Pradesh, six COVID-19 patients died in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Shahdol Medical College on Sunday allegedly due to a shortage of oxygen, the Indian Express reported. Hospital authorities refuted the claims, saying jumbo oxygen cylinders were pushed into service when the hospital s oxygen tank supply dried up.
Faced with a shortage of oxygen required by hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients, the Indian government has taken a string of measures to ensure its availability as more and more states are demanding backup.