Oxygen tank leaks at Nashik's Zakir Hussain Hospital, 11 dead
News | April 21, 2021 14:54 ISTAn Oxygen tanker leaked while tankers were being filled at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday.
An Oxygen tanker leaked while tankers were being filled at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday.
24 Covid-19 patients died after a leakage was reported from an oxygen tanker at Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik.
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.
Police officers in some states were blocking the movement of tankers bringing medical-grade oxygen to Madhya Pradesh for coronavirus patients, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged on Monday. There is an adverse situation due to coronavirus infection. It is a time of crisis. Oxygen is life saver.
After Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Tuesday that Delhi’s GTB Hospital was running out of medical oxygen, one oxygen tanker reached the hospital just in time at 1:30 am on Wednesday. More than 500 critical Covid-19 patients on oxygen were admitted at the hospital and the supply was not expected to last beyond 2 am.
'Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen,' says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.Sunday termed the shortage of oxygen for coronavirus patients an 'emergency'
Commerce Secretary of Government of India, Anup Wadhawan said that efforts are underway on a war footing to make oxygen supplies available amid increase in demand due to COVID-19.
Seeking to address the shortage of medical oxygen as active COVID-19 cases surpassed the 18-lakh mark, the Centre on Sunday banned the supply of the gas for industrial purposes except in nine specified areas and expedited installation of 162 PSA plants in health facilities across the country, while the Railways announced special trains to transport the life-saver.
Delhi Police on Sunday arranged emergency oxygen requirement for Mansa Ram hospital situated at Nangloi-Nazafgarh road after it received distress call around 1:30 pm from the hospital director Rajesh Dabas. The region comes under the jurisdiction of police station Nihal Vihar.
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As pandemic sitution worsen in the country, Railways is getting fully ready to transport Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and Oxygen Cylinders across the key Corridors. Availability of oxygen is a key element in the treatment of certain medical conditions in the Covid infection.
A 24/7 control room has been made active for this purpose where the officials will review the availability of the stock on a daily basis.
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