New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday (April 20, 2021) knowledgeable that 2,105 more beds have been added to the Central Government Hospitals for COVID-19 patients in Delhi.
Out of the 2,105 beds, 1,875 are oxygen beds and 230 are ICU beds which have added to the hospitals together with Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Jhajjhar, ESIC Okhla, ESIC Jhilmil, and All India Institute of Ayurveda in Sarita Vihar.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare mentioned that now the variety of beds for coronavirus patients in Delhi has elevated by more than 4 occasions, from the 510 beds accessible on March 1, 2021.
They added that the sector Hospitals and makeshift services are additionally being arrange with the assistance of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), whereby 46 further beds at Safdarjung Hospital and 240 beds at Lady Hardinge Medical College are anticipated to come up over the following two weeks.
In addition, in the DRDO facility in Dhaula Kuan, 250 ICU beds had been made operational on April 19 and one other 250 ICU beds are being made operational on April 21.
The Indian Railways can be offering 50 coaches with 16 beds every on the Shakur Basti station, amounting to 800 beds, which can be utilized as isolation beds by the Delhi authorities. Further, Railways may even present 25 coaches with 16 beds every amounting to 400 beds in its Anand Vihar facility by April 21.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday had urged the Centre ‘with folded arms’ to present medical oxygen to Delhi.
“Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi,” he tweeted, including some hospitals are left with only a few hours of it.
Serious oxygen disaster persists in Delhi. I once more urge centre to urgently present oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with only a few hours of oxygen.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2021
In one other tweet, he added, “I urge the Central government with folded hands to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi.”
Delhi, going by means of its fourth COVID-19 wave, recorded 28,395 new coronavirus instances and 277 deaths on Tuesday. On Monday, the nationwide capital had seen 23,686 instances and 240 fatalities.
Delhi Health Bulletin – twentieth April 2021#DelhiFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/WIkthNPBX3
— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) April 20, 2021
Delhi’s cumulative tally has now risen to 9,05,541, of which, 85,575 are energetic instances.
