New Delhi: A safety particular person stops individuals because of non-availability of beds at LNJP Hospital
Amid an acute oxygen disaster within the nationwide capital, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital right here acquired a provide of life-saving gasoline in a cryogenic tanker round 10 am on Sunday, officers stated. It got here as an enormous aid for the hospital which was operating on its backup inventory of oxygen.
“We had exhausted our oxygen stock and were using the backup which would have lasted for two hours only,” stated LNJP Hospital’s Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar.
AAP MLA Raghav Chaddha, who can be the chairman of LNJP Hospital’s Rogi Kalyan Samiti, had earlier tweeted concerning the cryogenic tanker on its solution to refill oxygen inventory within the hospital.
“Within the next 30 minutes, LNJP will receive liquid oxygen supply via cryogenic tanker. The tanker is on its way,” he tweeted round 9.55 am on Sunday.
Chaddha had additionally helped Sir Ganga Ram Hospital get one metric tonne of oxygen round 12.20 am. The hospital has additionally acquired 5 metric tonnes of oxygen within the early hours of Sunday.
The Delhi High Court on Saturday requested the Centre and the Delhi authorities to coordinate on the difficulty of making medical oxygen obtainable to hospitals treating COVID-19 sufferers, observing that residents can’t be left to die.
The courtroom additionally made it clear that the efforts which Delhi authorities has to make on this regard can’t be trivialised and they need to not go away it solely to the central authorities.
While some hospitals have managed to make short-term preparations, there isn’t any speedy finish to the disaster in sight.Â
The scenario is grim for hospitals like Penatamed in Model Town that had oxygen provide for just one hour round 9:45 am.
“We at Pentamed Hospital have oxygen supply left for one hour only. There are around 50 patients and most of them are on oxygen support,” stated the hospital administration.Â
Delhi recorded the very best single-day rise in its COVID-19 deaths with 357 extra individuals succumbing to the viral illness on Saturday in addition to over 24,000 contemporary circumstances.
The metropolis has reported practically 2,500 deaths as a result of lethal virus in a 12-day interval.
(With PTI inputs)
