New Delhi: Joining the rising checklist of hospitals which have flagged shortage of oxygen required to deal with COVID-19 sufferers, Delhi’s Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute raised comparable issues on Thursday (April 22).
Located in Paschim Vihar, the hospital has written a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, Chief Minister, Health Minister and DDMA searching for rapid help for procurement of oxygen.
“As on date our total requirement of oxygen is 6000 litres per day, whereas we are getting very erratic supply of oxygen for some reason or the other,” learn the letter.
The hospital has requested the federal government to not hold them responsible for the dying of sufferers.
Read the letter right here:
To,
Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Hon’ble Health Minister of Delhi
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi
Nodal Officer, DDMA
Sir,
We, at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi have been offering medical companies for every person for final 16 years. During the pandemic in 2020 we gave our greatest doable companies to save lots of the lives of the residents of Delhi. Now within the 2nd wave of corona virus in 2021 now we have been offering our companies to corona constructive sufferers with the very best of our skill. As on date now we have 220 corona constructive sufferers out of which 81 are being handled in ICU. The ICU sufferers with corona constructive an infection are significantly sick and want lot of oxygen for ventilators & NIV. Other sufferers admitted in wards are additionally in demand of Oxygen and due to this fact the consumption of our oxygen has elevated manifold.
Unfortunately, because the consumption has elevated, the provision of oxygen has decreased. On the night time of nineteenth April 2020 we didn’t get oxygen provide in time and due to this fact through the night time hours we needed to organize oxygen cylinders from numerous hospitals positioned within the neighborhood. Inspite of our greatest efforts and assortment of oxygen cylinders from different hospitals, we have been left with provide of just one hour. But with the assistance of Delhi Police a inexperienced hall was created and oxygen tankers may attain the hospital in time and due to this fact the lives of sufferers who have been critically sick may very well be saved. Had these oxygen tankers not reached hospital in time, we might not have been capable of save lifetime of a number of sufferers and the sufferers would have been at risk and we have been in no place to do something.
As on date our complete requirement of oxygen is 6000 litres per day, whereas we’re getting very erratic provide of oxygen for some cause or the opposite. As on 22.04.2021 after ready entire night time we acquired 1114 litres of oxygen at 6:00 a.m.
In view of above, we kindly request you to kindly be sure that oxygen as per our requirement is equipped uninterruptedly failing which we will be unable to offer the medical companies to the corona constructive sufferers admitted in our hospital.
In case it isn’t discovered possible to produce the oxygen as per our requirement, then we could also be permitted to discharge our sufferers and ship them to different govt. or non-public hospitals in order that their lives usually are not put at risk as a consequence of lack of oxygen.
We would additionally request you to not make the hospital responsible in case we’re not capable of deal with our sufferers as a consequence of non-supply of oxygen and if one thing unlucky occurs together with dying of the sufferers of those that are placed on ventilators or excessive circulate oxygen. Inspite of all above we guarantee you that we are going to proceed to supply the services to the corona constructive sufferers to the very best of our skill however with an assurance out of your aspect that we get oxygen provide out of your aspect uninterruptedly.
Thanks and Regards
Dr. Anand Bansal
Medical Director
