Hospitals in Delhi have started facing shortages of oxygen nearly two weeks ago.
The crisis according to RTC’s affiliate the BBC shows few signs of abating.
At least 12 patients, including a doctor, died when a prominent hospital ran out of oxygen on Saturday. Outside the hospitals, families of patients who can’t find a bed are struggling to get hold of portable cylinders – sometimes standing in queues for up to 12 hours.
Several big hospitals in Delhi are relying on daily oxygen supplies but they are not getting enough to keep some as backup in case of emergency.
One doctor described the situation as very frightening, explaining: “Once you’ve used up your main tank, there is nothing to fall back on.”
The situation is worse still in small hospitals that don’t have storage tanks and have to rely on big cylinders.
And the oxygen crisis comes as coronavirus cases continue to surge.
Delhi alone reported more than 25,000 new infections and 412 deaths on Sunday evening.
India, meanwhile, over the weekend recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began, and became the first country to register more than 400,000 new cases in a single day.
Source-BBC
