No shortage of ventilators, oxygen: Tamil Nadu govt tells HC
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Last Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 08:56 PM IST
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There was no shortage of Remdesivir vaccine, used in COVID-19 treatment, ventilators or oxygen cylinders in the state, Advocate General Vijay Narayan told the first bench of the Madras High Court, which took up the matter on its own.
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As regards ventilators, the AG said 9,600 machines were available with the government. Of them, 5,887 were allotted to the state-run hospitals.
The Madras High Court was on Thursday informed by the Tamil Nadu government that the state had sufficient stocks of oxygen and Remdesivir vaccines and that the assigment of life-saving gas to neighbouring states will not affect its position.
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