Delhi faced an acute shortage of oxygen during the second wave surge in April and May, with some COVID patients dying at two hospitals in the city due to the scarcity of life-saving gas.
At least seven patients, including COVID infected, died in a private hospital due to alleged oxygen shortage on April 26 and 27.stead of the usual 6-digit verification code.
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the stand of the Centre and the city government on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the death of 21 Covid patients at the Jaipur Golden Hospital.
The Union Home Ministry had received a request from oxygen manufacturing industries to the allow supply of oxygen to industries other than the industries exempted by it.
An aircraft carrying the first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators arrived from Ukraine to India on Monday, as the country battles the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.
The Southern Railway has delivered 2114.21 Metric Tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Tamil Nadu and Kerala through 32 'Oxygen Express'
The Finance Ministry has also decided that the current ceiling of Rs 500 crore of loan outstanding for eligibility under ECLGS 3.0 will be removed, subject to maximum additional ECLGS assistance to each borrower being limited to 40 per cent or Rs 200 crore, whichever is lower.
The railways have so far delivered 15,284 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in 936 tankers to various states through its Oxygen Express service, the national transporter said on Sunday.
An oxygen express train from Jamshedpur carrying 120 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) chugged into Bengaluru on Tuesday
New York-based social activist Prem Bhandari is spearheading and lending support to efforts to ship oxygen concentrators and other essential medical supplies to cities and towns across the country.
A tanker carrying 22 tons of liquid medical oxygen from Jharkhand's Bokaro to Bhopal overturned near Garhakota town in Madhya Pradesh's Sagardistrict
The Jaipur unit of the World Health Organisation (WHO) donated 100 oxygen concentrators to the Rajasthan government here on Monday.
BJP National General Secretary and in charge of Rajasthan Arun Singh on Sunday accused Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of having malafide intentions 'due to which he intentionally did not use the ventilators allotted under the PM Care for Rajasthan'.
During a recent raid, 524 oxygen concentrators were recovered from three restaurants owned by Kalra -- Khan Chacha, Nega Ju and Town Hall. The case was subsequently transferred to the Delhi Police Crime Branch.
Over last five days (till Saturday morning), 83 patients died at the state-run medical facility during the "dark hours" between 2 am and 6 am, as per official figures.
Nagaland's first Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plant will be functional at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) from Monday.
Delhi on Friday recorded 8,506 COVID-19 cases, the daily count dipping to below the 10,000-mark again after a month, with medical experts believing the lockdown to be the main factor behind the dip amid the second wave of the pandemic.
The application of the same need to be submitted on the website of the Chandigarh Administration from 11 am on May 15 onwards. The initiative involves the assistance of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), informed the Chandigarh administration in a press statement.
15 COVID-19 patients died between 2-6 am on May 13 allegedly due to oxygen shortage at Goa Medical College and Hospital.
The order is expected to come as a relief to the Covid patients in Gurugram. It is also likely to stop the black marketing of oxygen cylinders.
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