Amid complaints of oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that Delhi has been allotted more than the oxygen quota it had asked for and it is the state government s responsibility to rationalise and plan for it. Dr Vardhan inspected preparedness at the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital, which will be functional for COVID-19 patients from next week. He said, Each state has been assigned their quota for oxygen as per the production of oxygen in India. Even Delhi has been allotted more than the (oxygen) quota they had asked for, and Delhi CM even thanked the PM for that yesterday. Now to rationalise the quota in a timely manner and the responsibility to finely plan it lies with the state government, said Vardhan.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked all chief ministers in the country to provide oxygen to Delhi if they have it in spare. The Chief Minister said though the Centre is helping them, the severity of corona is such that all available resources are proving inadequate.
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NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday ramped up its efforts to get oxygen to hospitals using special Oxygen Express trains, air force planes and trucks to transport tankers in view of rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
Hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds. Fresh cases once again touched a new peak of 3.46 lakh in a single day in India while deaths hit a grim new record of 2,600 on Friday.
Indian Air Force brings 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Singapore
The Indian Air Force on Saturday picked up from Singapore four cryogenic containers for storage of liquid oxygen. The containers were airlifted from Singapore by C17 heavy-lift aircraft of the IAF.
Spare anything you can: Delhi CM Kejriwal writes to chief ministers of all states over oxygen shortage
With hospitals in Delhi facing an imminent crisis owing to a shortage of medical oxygen, CM Arvind Kejriwal has written to the chief ministers of all states asking them to provide oxygen if they have any to spare.
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Two Covid-19 patients died at Sardar Patel Hospital in Delhi due to oxygen shortage
Delhi has been allotted more than the quota they had asked for: Union Health Minister
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has requested all states to provide medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders to the national capital. Hospitals in Delhi are turning back Covid-19 patients owing to the shortage of medical oxygen.
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Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Amid oxygen shortage in the national capital, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said Delhi has been allotted more than the quota they had asked for and now to rationalise it in a timely manner and the responsibility to finely plan it lies with the state government. Delhi has been allotted more than the (oxygen) quota they had asked for, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal even thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for that yesterday. now to rationalise the quota in a timely manner and the responsibility to finely plan it lies with state government, Dr Harsh Vardhan said.