INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: As Delhi reeled under sorrow and stress and anxiety with increasing cases of Covid-19 and social media websites flooded with SOS
messages from people seeking support in getting a healthcare facility bed, oxygen cylinders or medications, the Delhi government made an
impassioned plea to the Centre to provide medical oxygen saying the city is dealing with a severe shortage with a lot of health centers
having oxygen left for just 8 to 24 hr
Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi
I again advise the Centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi
Some medical facilities are entrusted to just a couple of hours of oxygen, the chief minister tweeted on Tuesday, the first day of the
The Centre, however, kept in an affidavit to the Delhi high court and in the Prime Minister's telecasted address on Tuesday night that there
was no scarcity of oxygen.A two-judge bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli declined the Centre's claim, which stated there was no
gap in oxygen supply to Delhi which commercial use of oxygen was prohibited with effect from April 22, and suggested decrease in steel and
petroleum production to divert oxygen to Covid-19 patients
It said economic interests can not bypass human lives
You have to do it (ban) now
Check out taking some oxygen from steel and petroleum markets
They have big pockets and huge lobbies, however tell them if they need to cut production, then they can cut production
Lives have to be conserved, the bench said.The court mentioned the example of a Central government counsel whose dad was confessed in
healthcare facility and was on oxygen assistance, but due its scarcity, oxygen was being supplied at a lowered pressure to him to save it
Can you ask him to hang on till April 22? the court asked
It said if absolutely nothing was done, then we are heading for a bigger catastrophe
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday many medical facilities in Delhi have between 8 to 12 hours of oxygen stock left while some have
stock left for 48 hours and sounded an alert
Most of the Delhi healthcare facilities have oxygen left for just 8 to 12 hours
We have actually been demanding a boost in the oxygen supply quota for Delhi for the past one week which the Centre needs to do
If adequate oxygen is not supplied to medical facilities by tomorrow morning, a protest will be created, Mr Sisodia tweeted.He attached a
list of Delhi's 18 personal and federal government hospitals with the oxygen supply they had left
LNJP had 12 hours of oxygen left, Ganga Ram 16-18 hours, Max Patpargunj, 8-10 hours
Ganga Ram has 485 Covid beds, of which 475 are inhabited
Around 120 patients are currently in the ICU
Rana said, 6,000 cubic meters of it is left, which at the rate of present consumption will last till 1 am
Need immediate replenishment
Mr Kejriwal, who remains in seclusion after his other half evaluated positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, had on Sunday called the lack of
oxygen for coronavirus patients an emergency situation
He also composed to Union minister of commerce and industries Piyush Goyal, seeking his intervention in the matter
But on Tuesday the Union ministry of health, represented by additional solicitor basic Chetan Sharma, told the Delhi high court that there
has actually been an excessive boost of 133 per cent in the projected medical oxygen required in Delhi as on April 20-- from the initial
estimate of 300 metric tonnes, it's gone up to 700 metric tonnes.The ministry said all the states, including Delhi, have to rationalize
using oxygen and restrict abnormal usage and administering oxygen to the clients who do not scientifically require the same
States have to carry out oxygen intake monitoring in hospitals including private healthcare facilities and to undertake
facility-wise/hospital-wise oxygen stock mapping and advance planning for prompt replenishment so that supply can be effectively handled,
it submitted.The court asked the Centre whether oxygen supplied to markets can be diverted for Covid-19 patients, stating, Industries can
Human lives are at stake ..
If the lockdown continues then whatever would come to a halt and for that reason, what would be the need for steel, gas and diesel during
We may end up losing almost a crore of people
Are we going to accept that, the bench stated
It likewise suggested increasing Covid beds in health centers which have their own oxygen generating capacity.
