A well being employee inspects COVID-19 patients present process remedy at Shehnai Banquet Hall, transformed into an isolation centre amid surge in coronavirus circumstances, close to LNJP Hospital in New Delhi.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain made a frantic attraction on Tuesday night for oxygen supply at the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital. Jain tagged Union Minister Piyush Goyal in his tweet and mentioned that the hospital has supply left for solely 4 hours.
The minister mentioned that over 500 Covid patients are at the moment admitted at the GTB Hospital.
“Acute scarcity of oxygen at GTB Hospital. Oxygen could not final past 4 hrs. More than 500 corona patients on oxygen. Please assist @PiyushGoyal
to revive oxygen supply to avert main disaster,” Jain tweeted.
Hours earlier than Jain’s tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal despatched an SOS message to the Centre to supply oxygen to metropolis hospitals, saying a few of them have been left with just some hours of supply.
“Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen,” Kejriwal tweeted. “I urge central govt with folded hands to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi,” he added.
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Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia mentioned the Centre needs to be “sensitive and active” in dealing with the state of affairs in order that there isn’t any clamour amongst states over its supply.
Sisodia, who can also be the nodal minister for COVID-19 administration within the nationwide capital, mentioned he’s getting SOS calls on oxygen scarcity from all hospitals. He additionally alleged that folks concerned in supplying oxygen are being stopped in numerous states.
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“Getting SOS calls on shortage of oxygen from all hospitals. People involved in supplying oxygen are being stopped at different states. To ensure that there no ‘jungle raj’ among states over supply of oxygen, the Central government should be very sensitive and active to handle the situation,” he tweeted in Hindi.
