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NEW DELHI: New Delhi’s Sikh community has opened an oxygen station at its temple, saving thousands of lives, as hospitals in the capital continue to be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Recent weeks have seen the city’s hospitals unable to help people due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies. Since late April, India has been reporting the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases. It surpassed 414,000 new cases and 4,000 virus-related deaths on Friday. New Delhi is among the cities worst hit by the disease and has reported nearly 20,000 new cases and 400 COVID-19 deaths ...
A Covid patient receives free oxygen, provided by a Sikh organization at Indirapuram Gurudwara in Ghaziabad on Saturday. PTI Advertisement Covid-19 patient Vidhya Devi, 70, should have been in emergency care at a hospital, but instead she lay on the backseat of a car outside a gurdwara, battling for breath, as she was connected to an oxygen tank on the street. Sikh aid group Khalsa Help International has been buying small quantities of oxygen as and when it becomes available to help those in urgent need. 2 ...