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A COVID-19 patient receives primary treatment outside Shanti Mukund Hospital, facing shortage in beds and medical oxygen in New Delhi.
Delhi Hospital Oxygen News: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday released a list of private and government hospital running low on oxygen supply. Sisodia, in his letter addressed to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, said that while some hospitals have a few hours of oxygen supply left, supply at six private ones has dried up.Â
Rathi Hospital, Santom Hospital, Saroj Super Speciality Hospital, Shanti Mukand, Tirath Ram Shah Hospital, and UK Nursing Home have exhausted their supply of oxygen.
The Centre on Thursday directed states to ensure uninterrupted production and supply of medical oxygen and its transport along inter-state borders and said the district magistrate and superintendent of police of the district concerned will be held responsible if there is any violation of its order. The directive under the stringent Disaster Management Act 2005 was issued by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla in the wake of reports that some states blocked supply of medical oxygen to other states amid sudden spike in coronavirus cases and demand for it. Bhalla said the availability of adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen is an important pre-requisite for managing moderate and severe cases of COVID-19 and with the increasing cases, the medical oxygen supply will need to keep pace with the requirements of the states and union territories.
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1 Workers sort oxygen cylinders, being used for COVID-19 patients, at a facility in Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer, Thursday. PTI
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New Delhi, April 22
The Centre on Thursday issued an order directing all the state governments and the Union Territories (UT) administrations to ensure the uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen across the country for management of COVID-19 patients, as it made the district level administrative and police heads “personally liable” in this regard.
The order, which was issued by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla in the capacity of the chairperson of the National Executive Committee under the Disaster Management Act, has given direction to ensure that “no restriction shall be imposed on the movement of medical oxygen between the states” and has asked them that transport authorities “shall be instructed accordingly to allow free inter-state movement of such vehicles”.
Centre Allows Free Movement Of Oxygen Amid Row Between States Over Supply Blockage
The order by the Centre was issued under the stringent Disaster Management Act 2005 in the wake of reports that some states blocked supply of medical oxygen to other states. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-22T17:40:30+05:30 Centre Allows Free Movement Of Oxygen Amid Row Between States Over Supply Blockage outlookindia.com 2021-04-22T17:56:05+05:30
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The Union Home Ministry on Thursday said there should be no restriction on the movement of medical oxygen between the states and transport authorities shall be instructed to accordingly allow free inter-state movement of oxygen carrying vehicles.
Read more about Covid: No oxygen stock left in 6 private hospitals, Sisodia tells Vardhan on Business Standard. Police and senior officials of administration in UP and Haryana are stalling the tankers carrying oxygen, delaying the tankers to reach Delhi hospitals on time, the letter from Delhi Deputy CM reads