LIVE: Oxygen shortage at Penatamed Hospital, over 50 patients in need of supply

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03:55 April 25

Oxygen shortage at Penatamed Hospital, over 50 patients in need of supply

Penatamed Hospital reported a severe oxygen shortage with over 50 patients in imminent need of oxygen supply.

Deepak Sethi, Manager of Pentamed Hospital, said, "I had sent 50 cylinders at a refilling centre, not even one cylinder has been refilled. We will face a shortage of oxygen. At least 50 patients are under oxygen support and some are with ventilator support at our hospital. We have tried a lot but there is a huge rush. We request Delhi Government and Central government to help us," he added.

18:46 April 24

Amid a shortage of oxygen to the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to all the states to provide oxygen to Delhi, if they have spare.

Taking to Twitter, the Delhi CM wrote, "I am writing to all CMs requesting them to provide oxygen to Delhi, if they have spare. Though Central govt. is also helping us, the severity of corona is such that all available resources are proving inadequate."

18:30 April 24

Centre has supplied more than the demand in Delhi: Health Minister

Amid the huge shortage of oxygen supply in the national capital, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday claimed that the Central government has allocated a larger amount of oxygen to the Delhi government and it is up to them to distribute among the hospitals rationally.

Mentioning Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's vote of thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said that the centre has provided all demanded cooperation to the Delhi government and now the government is blaming the centre for the chaos.

17:18 April 24

Managing Director of Batra Hospital, Dr SCL Gupta has informed that it has now received 1500 litres of oxygen. The patients have been informed to stay in the hospital.

17:15 April 24

Delhi govt's super specialty hospital reduces COVID beds

The Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital has reduced the number of beds for Covid-19 patients from 650 to 350 due to a shortage of oxygen, while GTB hospital has reduced the number of beds to 700 from 1,500.

17:14 April 24

A tanker of oxygen arrived at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. It carried 2.5 tons of oxygen that could last for four to five hours.

16:50 April 24

AIIMS emergency dept admissions briefly disrupted as oxygen pipelines reorganized amid high demand

Admissions to the emergency department of the AIIMS were restricted for around an hour as the oxygen pipelines were being reorganized due to an increased demand for the life-saving gas for COVID-19 patients coming in high numbers, officials said.

Around 100 coronavirus-infected patients are already receiving treatment at the emergency department. This is in addition to more than 800 patients who are already admitted at various centres of AIIMS, said the officials of the premier hospital.

"Admissions to the emergency of the AIIMS were restricted for an hour as the oxygen pipelines were being reorganized due to increased requirement of oxygen for COVID-19 patients

"Admissions are open and the emergency department is functional now," an AIIMS official said.

16:08 April 24

Seems helpless in dealing with the oxygen crisis: Batra Hospital 

Dr SCL Gupta, MD of Delhi's Batra Hospital, said the hospital needs more oxygen considering the number of patients admitted. According to Dr Gupta, the total oxygen needed is over 8000 litres. Dr Gupta said, "We have received only 500-litre of oxygen after pleading for 12 hours. Our daily requirement is 8000 litres. We've 350 patients in the hospital. The treatment of choice in COVID is oxygen but when we don't get it what will happen?" Oxygen tanker arrived at the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre after the hospital sent a distress call today morning.

15:38 April 24

We are closing admissions because of an oxygen shortage: Saroj Hospital

The Saroj hospital in the national capital has stopped taking new admission in the hospital due to oxygen shortage.

"We haven't received a backup oxygen supply yet. We have 70 patients who are in critical condition and need oxygen. If we don't get oxygen supply there could be a big disaster. We have started discharging patients: COVID in-charge, Saroj Hospital

15:24 April 24

Hundreds of calls have been made but nobody received those calls: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital 

An unprecedented surge in Covid cases has left several hospitals in Delhi desperate for oxygen, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman Dr D S Rana appealed for urgent help stating that it has oxygen left only for half an hour and asked the Centre to appoint a nodal officer to sit in the hospital to take stock of the situation.

"Presently we have 516 covid patients, 128 are high flow patients, and oxygen left will only last for half an hour. It is a crisis situation. Let government appoint a Nodal officer to sit in the hospital to take stock of the situation. We have 70 cylinders for back up, they filled only 30. All are empty now. How can we have backup plans? Ambu bags are being used. Doctors, nurses are exhausted. Their morale is low," said Dr Rana

15:23 April 24

Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi continue to struggle for oxygen

At least 25 Covid patients died on Friday night at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi due to a low supply of oxygen. When ETV Bharat asked the kin of the deceased, he said that the patient was admitted four days ago and had been recovering well. Hospital has admitted that the patient lost his life due to a lack of oxygen supply.

15:07 April 24

High Court asks Delhi govt to setup its own oxygen plant

The Delhi High Court on Saturday asked Delhi government to set up its own oxygen plant and said that a smooth and fully allocated supply of oxygen to Delhi can resolve many problems. 

A division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a plea by Maharaja Agarsen Hospital in Delhi regarding a shortage of oxygen here. Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, appearing for the Delhi government, said that out of allocated 480MT, Delhi is getting 350-380MT.

14:54 April 24

Mata Chanan Devi Hospital sends SOS to govt

Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in the national capital is on Saturday sent out an SOS over oxygen shortage and appealed to both state and central governments for urgent help, stating it has less than two hours of oxygen supply left. According to hospital authorities, at least 200 coronavirus infected patients are getting treatment in the hospital in which 100 of them are using artificial oxygen.

14:25 April 24

HC directs suppliers, re-fillers to give information about oxygen supplied to Delhi hospitals; says there has to be transparency

14:25 April 24

HC asks Delhi govt about its plan to augment medical infrastructure to deal with peak of current COVID wave

14:21 April 24

Delhi HC recommends providing security to hospitals

Delhi High Court recommends providing security to hospitals if required, and said "We know how people react when they lose their dear ones.....let's not have a law and order situation."

13:54 April 24

MHA officials inform Delhi HC that because of high number of cases across the country there is a shortage of tankers. The official also said that State governments are working very hard and Delhi and the Centre have to work together. 

13:54 April 24

The government of NCT should make all the possible efforts for procuring cryogenic tankers. We expect officers of both governments to coordinate in this regard, says Delhi High Court

13:00 April 24

An Oxygen tanker arrives at Jaipur Golden Hospital in the national capital

12:32 April 24

Smooth supply of oxygen can solve many problems, says Delhi HC

Delhi HC asks the Centre when is the allocated 480 MT of oxygen coming to Delhi. Court says the smooth and full allocated supply of oxygen to Delhi can resolve the many problems.

You had assured us on April 21 that 480 metric tonne of oxygen per day will come, Delhi HC told Centre

The court stated that it is the responsibility of the Delhi govt to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to hospitals and has instructed the state govt to set up oxygen plants in the national capital. 

12:26 April 24

21 patients die due to oxygen shortage in Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital

The death toll in Jaipur Golden Hospital has risen to 21

About 21 Covid patients died on Friday night at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi due to low supply of oxygen. The Delhi govt has informed the High court about the casualties while the court was hearing a plea on oxygen crisis. 

12:18 April 24

If anyone obstructs oxygen supply, we will not spare them: Delhi HC

This comes after Maharaja Agrasen Hospital moved Delhi HC over shortage of oxygen for seriously-ill COVID patients

12:12 April 24

COVID infected woman ends life in Noida

A 30-year-old covid infected woman allegedly ended her life by jumping off from the 14th floor in Noida under Surajpur police station limits on Saturday. The victim had tested positive for the deadly virus two days back. 

She was admitted to Felix Hospital and police have launched an investigation. 

11:55 April 24

Hospitals continue to make SOS calls for oxygen in Delhi

Hospitals in the national capital continued to send out SOS calls on Saturday morning appealing to authorities to arrange oxygen.

Moolchand Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), Batra Hospital and Jaipur Golden hospital reported shortage of oxygen and appealed to the authority to arrange it at the earliest.

11:54 April 24

All ICU beds at our hospital are full for the last 4-5 days. Some critical patients need 40-50 ltr of oxygen per minute to maintain oxygen saturation level. The oxygen supply chain is compromised: Dr. Suresh Kumar, MD, LNJP Hospital

11:54 April 24

Sr Advocate Rahul Mehta informed HC that yesterday we (Delhi) got only around 296 MT of Oxygen supply, despite our quota being 480 MT. He also says that if we're not getting 480 MT of allocated oxygen, entire functioning will collapse in 24 hrs if we don't put our House in order

11:54 April 24

Delhi HC hears plea on oxygen crisis

Delhi High Court Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi & Justice Rekha Palli begins hearing a plea by Maharaja Agarsen Hospital regarding a shortage of oxygen.

Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra says that the entire system will collapse if we do not put the House in order.

10:45 April 24

Saroj Hospital closes admission of new patients amid oxygen crisis

We are closing the admissions because of an oxygen shortage. We are discharging the patients: COVID in-charge, Saroj Hospital

10:37 April 24

Delhi Police recovers 32 big, 16 small oxygen cylinders from Dashrath Puri

Amid rising demand for medical oxygen due to a constant increase in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, 32 big and 16 small oxygen cylinders were recovered during a raid at a house in Dashrath Puri area of Delhi on Friday, said the Delhi Police.

According to the police, a secret informer informed the beat staff patrolling at that time that oxygen cylinders are kept illegally at house number B-67 A, Gali No. 6, Dashrath Puri.

10:22 April 24

We have received only 500-litre of oxygen after pleading for 12 hours. Our daily requirement is 8000 litres. We've 350 patients in the hospital. The treatment of choice in COVID is oxygen but when we don't get it what will happen?: Dr SCL Gupta, MD, Batra Hospital

10:21 April 24

'Lost 20 people due to oxygen shortage', says Jaipur Golden Hospital

Oxygen supply to last only half an hour now, more than 200 lives are at stake. We lost 20 people due to an oxygen shortage last night: DK Baluja, Jaipur Golden Hospital

10:17 April 24

20 patients die due to lack of oxygen supply in Delhi hospital

At least 20 patients died due to lack of oxygen in Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital on Friday night. 

10:02 April 24

'Delhi Govt has provided us with an oxygen tanker', says Batra hospital

Delhi Govt has provided us with an oxygen tanker. We have another one to one and a half hours of oxygen for all our patients. There are 260 patients in the hospital Dr. Gupta, Batra Hospital

"There has been an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals. We received 5,500 liters of oxygen and our requirement is 7,000 to 8,000 liters. Inox company which is our supplier misbehaved with us," he added. 

10:02 April 24

Delhi: Oxygen tanker arrives at Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre after the hospital sent SOS call today morning

08:29 April 24

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad has started 'Oxygen Langar' to help COVID patients. 

Till now we've been able to save around 200 lives. We request the DM & VK Singh ji to provide us with 25 oxygen cyclinders for 12 hours which will help us save 1000 lives," says Gurdwara manager

08:28 April 24

One arrested in connection with oxygen cyliner raid

One person has been arrested in connection with the recovery of 32 big and 16 small cylinders of oxygen during a raid in Delhi's Dashrathpuri B block. It is pertinent to mention that the black marketing of oxygen cylinders has been going on in the area for quite a long time. 

The police is currently questioning the accused. 

06:50 April 24

Delhi logs record 348 COVID-19 deaths, over 24K cases; positivity rate stands at 32.43 per cent: Health bulletin

06:50 April 24

Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi gets oxygen tanker to meet its requirements for life-saving gas for patients: Officials

We have received fresh supply of oxygen and that'll help our patients in big way: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) Chairman D S Rana tells media. 

He added, "We will make every possible effort to save every single patient who comes to us."

06:39 April 24

Police recover oxygen cylinders amid COVID crisis

32 big oxygen cylinders and 16 small oxygen cylinders were recovered during a raid at a house in Dashrath Puri area. Probe underway: Delhi Police

06:31 April 24

No beds available in Delhi's Apollo Hospital

The Apollo hospital on Friday put up a display board mentioning that all the 390 beds for COVID patients have been fully occupied. The Crown Plaza Hotel located in Okhla, in collaboration with the hospital, stated that it has a total of 200 beds for patients out of which 40 are occupied. 

The situation in the national capital is constantly deteriorating due to the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases. Doctors are not admitting patients suffering from the virus due to lack of oxygen cylinders in the hospitals and the non-availability of beds.

06:21 April 24

COVID oxygen crisis LIVE Updates

New Delhi: With many hospitals struggling with dangerously low levels of oxygen supply, the Delhi government has decided to maintain a buffer stock of the gas to be used during extremely critical situations, government sources said on Friday.

The Centre has enhanced the daily quota of medical oxygen for Delhi from 378 MT to 480 MT.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had on Thursday appointed three senior IAS officers as nodal officers to ensure smooth distribution and supply of oxygen to various hospitals in the city.

"The hospitals will be able to receive liquid medical oxygen from the buffer stock only under the critical situations when their supplies are alarmingly low to meet the needs of three hours or less," said a Delhi government official.

Each hospital will designate one of their senior staff to serve as a nodal officer related to oxygen matters, who will also maintain data and make requests for emergency supply from buffer stock in a critical situation.

The hospitals will also have to conduct an oxygen audit to find out reasons for excess use of it. Some hospitals have been found using more oxygen than the prescribed guideline of the central government, the officer said.

A detailed record of liquid medical oxygen and cylinders, consumption and delivery will be maintained by the hospitals and shared with the health department on daily basis, he stated.

The hospitals are being assigned a daily quota of oxygen that will be reviewed and revised periodically. Also, the suppliers of liquid oxygen will require to maintain and share daily reports to the concerned officials on daily basis, he added.

PTI