UP: Oxygen black marketing racket busted in Kanpur, 51 cylinders recovered
India | April 22, 2021 11:54 ISTAccording to DCP (crime) Salman Taj Patil, investigations revealed that the agency owner was involved in black marketing of oxygen cylinders.
According to DCP (crime) Salman Taj Patil, investigations revealed that the agency owner was involved in black marketing of oxygen cylinders.
Many mosques in Mumbai and the suburbs have stepped forward to offer free oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients in an effort to aid the fight against coronavirus. This service is also provided for COVID-19 patients at home, whose oxygen level is very low.As cases continue to soar in the city.
Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in Delhi is running out of oxygen supply since today morning, news agency ANI reported.
Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in the national capital is running out of oxygen supply since today morning, said hospital officials.
Hearing a plea by Max Healthcare over shortage of medical oxygen for treatment of over 1,400 Covid-19 patients, the Delhi HC has asked the Centre to supply oxygen to six hospitals in Delhi-NCR at any cost.
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said more than 85 per cent of the COVID patients will recover without any specific treatment in the form of Remdesivir etc.
The minister's statement comes in the wake of a serious oxygen crisis in the national capital due to a steep rise in COVID-19 cases. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Tuesday urged the Centre "with folded hands" to provide medical oxygen to Delhi.
On Tuesday, CM Kejriwal had urged the Centre "with folded hands" to provide medical oxygen to Delhi and his deputy Manish Sisodia said there will be chaos in the city if the stocks are not replenished by Wednesday morning.
Amid rising coronavirus cases across the country, some hospitals are now facing acute shortage of oxygen supply. The problem in Lucknow is no less, patients are suffering amid shortage of oxygen supply. Hospitals are telling family of patients to get oxygen cylinder themselves.
Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to the people in his address to the nation in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic, the group said it is "committed to doing as much as possible to strengthen the fight against #COVID19".
COVID-19: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the city is facing acute shortage of oxygen supply and urged the Centre to increase the city's quota.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has tweaked manufacturing at its Jamnagar oil refineries to produce over 700 tonnes a day of medical-grade oxygen which is being supplied free of cost to states badly affected by COVID-19, sources said.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Tuesday that 2,700 new beds will be added for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals
The Delhi High Court Tuesday said sufficient oxygen was not being supplied to COVID-19 patients in the national capital
Claiming that there is no shortage of oxygen in the state, the government spokesman said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked all hospitals with 100 beds or more to set up their own oxygen plants.
Hospitals in several Indian states are struggling for medical oxygen as the country’s pandemic surges at the fastest rate. In Swasthya Sammelan India TV speaks with experts to know where India stands currently in its fight against the outbreak of coronavirus and the solutions to win this battle against the pandemic.
PSA plants manufacture oxygen and help hospitals become self-sufficient in their requirement for medical oxygen, while also reducing the burden on national grid for its supply of medical oxygen.
The incident took place at Govt Medical College Hospital on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
The new stock of medical-grade oxygen, whose demand has shot up due to the rising coronavirus cases, is being arranged after talking to the Centre, he said.
The order issued by Delhi government said, "It has been observed that there has been a surge in the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in last one week in Delhi, resulting in additional demand of ICU beds and beds with Oxygen facility."
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