New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide medical oxygen to Delhi, saying some hospitals are going to run out of it in a few hours.
He had on Sunday termed the shortage of oxygen for coronavirus patients an "emergency".
Kejriwal also wrote to Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal, seeking his intervention in the matter.
"Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge the Centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen," the chief minister tweeted.
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The Delhi government had on Monday set up a 24-member committee to ensure the "rational" use of oxygen for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
An order issued by the Health Department said the 'Oxygen Audit Committee' will identify areas of wasteful consumption.
The consumption of oxygen has undergone a quantum increase with the admission of a large number of serious patients who require oxygen support, it said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that Delhi is facing an acute shortage of oxygen and if adequate oxygen is not supplied to Delhi by Wednesday morning, a complete outcry may follow. Most of the Delhi hospitals have oxygen left for only 8 to 12 hours.
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"Most of the Delhi hospitals have oxygen left only for 8 to 12 hours. We have been demanding an increase in the oxygen supply quota for Delhi for the past one week which the Centre has to do. If adequate oxygen is not supplied to hospitals by tomorrow morning, an outcry will be created," he tweeted.
(with agency inputs)
