With the shortage of medical oxygen supply in Delhi, the hospitals continue to send out SOS calls on Saturday morning. They have been urging the authorities to arrange for medical oxygen as patients continue to die.
Hospitals in Delhi Tweet About Medical Oxygen Crisis
As per the reports, Moolchand Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Batra Hospital and Jaipur Golden Hospital have reported a shortage of oxygen.
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At 7:05 am, Moolchand Hospital took to Twitter to raise the SOS alarm. They said that they have urgent SOS help. And they have less than 2 hours of medical oxygen supply left. They further added that they have been trying to contact the nodal officers but haven’t been able to connect. Over 135 Covid patients are on life support in the hospital. They tagged Prime Minister Office, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister Office and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
Soon after, at 9:20 am, SGRH said that they have only 500 cubic meter of oxygen left at the hospital which would last only after 30 minutes. At the same time, Batra Hospital also reported the same.
Dr SCL Gupta, Medical Director of the Batra Hospital said that they have medical oxygen supply of only one hour and have 350 patients who are dependent on it. Later DCP South District Atul Bhatia was able to arrange 500 litres of medical oxygen supply for Batra Hospital.
However, Gupta said they received only 500 litres of medical oxygen after “pleading for nearly 12 hours”. But their daily requirement is 8000 litres of medical oxygen.
Around 9:30 am, Dr D.K Baluja, Medical Director at the Jaipur Golden Hospital said that they are still waiting for oxygen. They have over 215 Covid patients that are dependent on ventilators and medical oxygen supply.
“Please help, we are desperate,” said Dr Baluja.
Covid Patients Die Due To Inadequate Supply of Medical Oxygen
As per the reports so far, Jaipur Golden Hospital reported that 20 Covid patients had died because of the less supply of Oxygen. Dr Baluja revealed that they have been contacting the authorities for 12 hours and by the time they received the medical oxygen, 20 patients had already died.
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Yesterday, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital reported the deaths of 25 patients because of medical oxygen crisis in Delhi.
