India is grappling with the rising number of coronavirus cases and hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
After noticing the leak on late Tuesday night, the staff of the hospital shifted the patients on jumbo oxygen cylinders for breathing, Deputy Collector Sanjay Kundetkar told PTI.
An Oxygen Express, a special train being run by Indian Railways to transport oxygen tankers and cylinders in different parts of the country amid gloomy Covid-19 situation, has arrived at the Delhi Cantt. railway station from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
The requirement of oxygen cylinders has reached 31,425 a day from 6,500 three months ago, oxygen tankers were airlifted from Jamnagar in Gujarat to deal with the emergency.
The package will also be offered to pre-existing and operational medical colleges, hospitals and nursing homes provided they set up units for production of oxygen or its storage cylinders.
SpO2 oximeters show the percentage of oxygen concentration in the patient's blood. In several COVID 19 patients, it has helped in treatment by alerting low oxygen levels timely.
Another consignment of containers for the transportation of medical oxygen has arrived in India from Thailand, the Union Home Ministry said on Tuesday.
Thane has recorded 3,102 new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 4,53,689
A head constable on panchayat poll duty died due to low oxygen level during election duty.
Britain lends help by sending ventilators, oxygen cylinders and other life-saving medical equipment for assistance to India
The head of WHO says that the UN agency has dispatched critical supplies to India, including thousands of portable oxygen machines that help patients breathe.
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The country is struggling with a second wave of coronavirus, raising more fears about its overwhelmed health care system. Crowds have formed outside hospitals in major cities which are filled to capacity. A number of people have died while waiting for oxygen. watch all india oxygen report on india tv.
Five COVID-19 patients, including one from Delhi, died at a private hospital in Hisar on Monday
Jaipur Golden Hospital has blamed the Delhi government for the mess over supply of oxygen amid rising Covid-19 cases.
A train carrying three tankers loaded with liquid medical oxygen arrived at Kalamboli near Mumbai from Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday, railway officials said.
Omprakash Bagde (31) and Govinda Pancheswar (25), were arrested and one cylinder has been recovered from their possession.
With Oxygen supplies in the state depleting fast, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday sent another SOS letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan, for the second time in two days, for urgent increase in allocation of quota.
Air India will bring around 600 oxygen concentrators on its two US-India flights in the next two days, aviation industry sources said on Sunday.
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