Chandigarh: While the district administration of holy metropolis Amritsar claims to have enough inventory of oxygen, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC ) and lots of non-public hospitals are crying foul over the poor supply of oxygen with SGPC taking on the problem with the Punjab authorities for the early restoration of regular provides of medical necessities in wake of spike in Covid 19 instances.
While speaking to Zee News on Wednesday (April 21) SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur expressed concern over the poor supply of oxygen in addition to COVID-19 vaccine on the SGPC-run Sri Guru Ram Das Medical College Vallah, Sri Guru Ram Das Charitable Hospital Amritsar, Baba Buddha Ji Hospital Bir Sahib and so forth.
“There is an enormous drawback of oxygen for the therapy of corona sufferers for which the federal government ought to make enough preparations and COVID-19 vaccine are additionally not totally obtainable which may very well be an issue in future” she knowledgeable.
Kaur mentioned that the matter had additionally been taken up with the Chief Secretary of the Punjab authorities.
Echoing comparable views as Kaur’s, the managing director of Hartej Hospital, Dr. H S Nagpal additionally expressed concern over the poor provides of medical oxygen and demanded from the federal government to make sure uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen within the metropolis.
Amritsar civil surgeon Dr. Charnjit SIngh mentioned that with the rationing of oxygen the district well being authorities had been capable of resolve the oxygen challenge.
Zee News additionally got here to know that a couple of wealthy folks have already began buying oxygen concentrators, a home machine that delivers the medical-grade oxygen to the affected person after filtering the encircling air and compressing it to the required density, the demand of which has led to their black advertising and marketing.
A wholesaler within the medication market Rajiv Kumar knowledgeable that the queries concerning the oxygen concentrators had all of a sudden gone up with many individuals able to pay more money to safe one for oxygen supply in case of exigency.
Kumar knowledgeable that an oxygen concentrator was being offered for round Rs 60000 which was almost Rs 10000 above its print value. However, Dr Nagpal mentioned they suggest the home oxygen concentrator to solely these sufferers who had been depending on oxygen for two to 4 hours in a day.
Meanwhile, the district administration has geared itself to obtain the Indian jatha that might be arriving house from Pakistan through Attari worldwide border on Thursday. Deputy commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khera knowledgeable that each one the Indian devotees would endure Rapid Antigen Test on the border. Notably, there had been a spike in Covid 19 instances in Lahore the place the Indian jatha is presently staying.
