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Amit Malviya slams Delhi CM Kejriwal over oxygen crisis
Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the oxygen crisis in the national capital, BJP s co-incharge of Bengal Amit Malviya said it is the Aam Aadmi Party s responsibility to ensure oxygen supply across hospitals in Delhi. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Malviya said, Someone remind Kejriwal and his ministers that it is their responsibility to ensure oxygen supply in Delhi hospitals. He can learn how to manage the situation from CMs of Assam, MP, UP, to name a few. Tweeting incessantly and appearing in TV ads is no substitute for governance, Malviya added.
UPDATED: April 21, 2021 12:28 IST
Oxygen was supplied to Delhi hospitals late on Tuesday night, saving a major crisis in the city. (PTI)
A major crisis was averted on Tuesday night in a number of Delhi hospitals treating critical Covid-19 patients. Several government and private hospitals had oxygen stock for only a few hours while some had already exhausted their stock.
An SOS call came from Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Twitter making an appeal to Union minister Piyush Goyal to restore oxygen supply from a plant in Uttar Pradesh. The timely arrival of oxygen containers averted a major crisis. However, the hospitals remain on the edge despite the oxygen supply.
Many Delhi hospitals allege Haryana government not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them
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According to an official, Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital at Pusa Road had five hours of oxygen left around 4:30 pm. There are 58 COVID patients, including 10 in ICU, in the hospital.
Agencies
Amid severe shortage of oxygen for COVID-19 patients, the Uttar Pradesh administration has issued an order and stationed officers at a Greater Noida oxygen manufacturing plant to check movement of oxygen cylinders, hindering supplies to hospitals in the national capital.
Leading private hospitals in Delhi on Wednesday said that their oxygen stock will last only a few hours as they face supply uncertainties and delays leading to serious concerns.
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Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, said a truck carrying oxygen from a vendor reached the facility around 3 am.
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Health Minister Satyendar Jain had sent an SOS to Union minister Piyush Goyal at 10:20 pm, saying oxygen at GTB Hospital may not last beyond 4 hrs.
Some major government and private hospitals in Delhi received fresh stock of medical oxygen in the early hours of Wednesday, averting a crisis just in time, according to officials. Gangaram Hospital received 5,000 cubic metres of oxygen supply from a private vendor before 3 am. This stock should last till Wednesday afternoon. The supply from another oxygen firm is still awaited, sources said.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference regarding the current wave of coronavirus in New Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked the Central government for increasing Delhiâs Oxygen quota. The Chief Minister who raised the concern of raising the quota for the national capital tweeted today saying they are very grateful to the Centre for this.
Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the Centre with folded hands to provide medical oxygen to Delhi and his deputy Manish Sisodia said there will be chaos in the city if the stocks are not replenished by Wednesday morning.