Urging the people not to panic over the pandemic situation, the government on Monday said it was trying to address the problem of transportation of medical oxygen to high-demand areas and roped in retired medical personnel of the armed forces to work in COVID-19 facilities as daily cases hit a new peak at 3,52,991 with a record 2,812 more fatalities.
In view of the pandemic situation and demand for medical oxygen, the government on Monday said that India has enough medical oxygen available but the challenge is to transport it to hospitals, MHA Additional Secretary Piyush Goyal informed amid surge in demand.
Jaipur Golden Hospital has blamed the Delhi government for the mess over supply of oxygen amid rising Covid-19 cases.
The centre has tweaked a previous order that exempted nine categories of industries from diverting liquid oxygen for medical use.
In view of the increased medical oxygen capacity in the national capital, 8 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation plants are being installed in Delhi by the support of PM CARES Funds. These plants would enhance capacity of medical oxygen by 14.4 Metric Tonnes.
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.
He said the 'Oxygen Express' will reach Kalamboli on Monday morning after traversing a distance of 860 kilometres.
MHA has asked all States, UTs government to ensure that use of liquid oxygen is not allowed for any non-medical purpose.
Hospitals across the country are crumbling under pressure of oxygen shortage amid covid second wave. As the urgency for supply increases, oxygen is being transported by air, rail and road.The Indian Air Force and Indian Railways are chipping in to transport oxygen.
SpiceXpress has airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that has resulted in an acute shortage of oxygen in the country, it said on Saturday.
The railways has carried a total of 10 containers carrying nearly 150 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to different states in the last 24 hours, the national transporter said on Saturday.
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Amid oxygen shortage in the national capital, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said Delhi has been allotted more than the quota they had asked for and now to rationalise it in a timely manner and the responsibility to finely plan it lies with the state government.
The Delhi High Court on Saturday while hearing a petition on the oxygen shortage said, "its tsunami and we are calling it wave" and asked both the Centre and the state government to get prepared to overcome the crisis.
Amid rising coronavirus cases, Delhi hospitals are now falling short of oxygen supply. After Sir Ganga Ram hospital now the LNJP hospital has said that they have very few amount of oxygen left left and also thre is no ICU beds left for further patients.
The accused has been identified as Anil Kumar (51), they said, adding that 32 big oxygen cylinders and 16 small cylinders were recovered from his possession.
The Centre on Friday directed all states to prepare a list of oxygen producers in their respective jurisdiction and asked them to take steps for the revival of closed units to augment supply to meet the increased demand amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.
In view of the pandemic situation in the country and a boosted demand for crucial drugs to treat coronavirus, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday informed that the production of Remdesivir is being ramped up and very soon 3 lakh vials per day capacity will be achieved.
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