Delhi on Friday Evening
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital beleaguered hospital adminis- “To save patients, the hos- Hospital in Rohini where he was declared “Also, we are now shifting that bore the brunt of this crim- tration. pital administration succeeded brought dead. the patients to the hospital’s inal apathy when 25 critical Dr Kousar A Shah, COO - to manage the time by refilling Ajay, who returned to the national central supply of oxygen and patients died a day before has Aakash Healthcare, Dwarka our oxygen cylinders Capital on Thursday night after 10-day stay again with connectors, sharing oxygen left for only half to 45 said that the hospital was left from various small vendors in with his ailing grandfather in his hometown one central supply connection minutes on Friday. with oxygen for one hr and a Delhi. We have just received a Darbhanga, had been having mild fever for the last 10 days, his with two patients. This should Shaken by the loss of inno- half and we had 221 Covid liquid oxygen tanker which wife said. The sad news has left his family members and col- work for now. We are in con- cent lives, authorities scram- patients out of which 200+ will last for 14 hours,” leagues shell-shocked as they are unable to accept the fact that stant touch with the bled a tanker of oxygen to the patients require oxygen. he added. a convivial face has left for the heavenly abode. Ajay is survived Government and our suppliers by his wife and a 5-year old daughter. to ensure availability,” he said. Max Healthcare has stopped new admissions in all !" its hospitals in Delhi-NCR due ! '(( to low oxygen stocks. “We regret to inform you that we are suspending any new patient # $ %& 1 . $%& 2 admissions in all our hospitals )*&+ $ 31 "( ) *+ in Delhi-NCR till oxygen sup- plies stabilise,” Max Healthcare on Friday expressing concern said in a statement. ! '( 66+9 123245 over shortage of oxygen. The “SOS - Less than an hour’s situation at Indian Spinal oxygen supplies at Max Smart n view of shortage of hos- mid uncertainty about the Injuries Centre (ISIC) hospital, Hospital & Max Hospital Saket. 969:+ There were conflicting ver- Ipital beds for Covid Aresumption of adequate said Dr H K Mahajan, Head of Awaiting promised fresh sup- sions as to the cause of the fire. patients in Gurugam, Deputy supply of oxygen to hospitals in Anaesthesia, is that the hospi- plies from INOX since 1 am. ess than 48 hours after a While one version said the fire Commissioner Yash Garg the city, lives of thousands of tal has oxygen supply left for Over 700 patients admitted, Lshocking oxygen leakage- was caused by a blast inside in has directed hospitals to people infected with Covid-19 only one hour and there are need immediate assistance,” it triggered mishap claimed the an air-conditioner, another ver- increase the number of beds are dependent on the mercy of hundreds of patients at hospi- said in a tweet. lives of 24 coronavirus patients sion said an electrical short-cir- reserved for Covid patients the God as various city tal needing oxygen support. “We have received emer- at a Nashik civic hospital, as cuit might have sparked the to “at least 60%” under gen- hospitals are left with depleting “ISIC has been desperate- gency supplies at Max Saket many as 14 Covid-19 patients fire. The local fire brigade per- eral category and 75% of stock that may not last for ly trying to arrange oxygen and Max Smart which will last died in the early hours of sonnel, who rushed to the total bed capacity of ICU and even hours. cylinders since morning, as a another 2 hours. We are still Friday when a fire swept scene shortly afterwards, suc- ventilator beds. The shortage of oxygen result of which 18 oxygen awaiting more supplies,” it said through an Intensive Care Unit ceeded in preventing the spread Moreover, the data of has created chaos in the nation- cylinders were arranged till in another tweet. (ICU) of a pandemic hospital of fire to other wards at the hos- available beds will have to be al Capital as the relatives of the evening which will help us Sangita Reddy, Joint at Virar in Maharashtra’s pital. They extinguished the uploaded on the platform patients are trying everything treat the patients for now. Managing Director of Apollo Palghar district. blaze around 5.30 am. ‘onemapggm.gmda.gov.in’ of possible to get oxygen cylinder; However this was not enough Hospitals, said in a tweet, The fire broke out at 3.15 At the time of mishap, the Gurugram Metropolitan however, many among them and we are facing a grave cri- “Hospitals continue to gasp am at the ICU of Vijay Vallabh there were 17 Covid-19 Development Authority by 123245 Covid-19 toll shot up to 773, have failed to get it since its sis,” Dr Mahajan added. for breath despite govt orders Hospital and Medical Research patients, 13 died on the spot, the hospitals. The order was sending the health authorities supply to private and Considering the gravity of being issued. It’s now becom- Centre, a designated Covid-19 one patient identified as Shivaji issued under epidemic dis- ndia’s daily Covid-19 count into a state of acute anxiety. Government hospitals has the situation, doctors at the ing an hourly challenge for facility, at Tirupati Nagar at Veerkar, who had sustained 80 eases Act-1897 and sub-sec- Iwent past 3.4 lakh mark on With 774 new deaths, the been hampered. hospitals came out with the many hospitals. Every minute Virar, a bustling township per cent burns, succumbed to tion-2 of the Disaster Friday with several States reg- total number of deaths Various hospitals in the city strategy of sharing one cylinder of delay on commitments made located 65 km away from south the wounds. Management Act-2005. istering new peaks and death in the State climbed from kept sending SOS messages for two patients using connec- can cost lives!!”. Mumbai. Continued on Page 2 Detailed report on P3 rate steadily picking up. 62,479 to 63,252. The crisis in Maharashtra Continued on Page 2 deepened further on Friday as the pandemic claimed a dis- )123 turbing 773 lives and left 66,836 P people infected in various parts 04 04 0. of the state. The country recorded 2 /%00%56%.40 3,44,949 many cases and 2,620 deaths during the 9:3%..%7.7; ground by works department !# $ last 24 hours, /%87%4.79:6%065; 123245 of the Karol Bagh Zone. We While Maharashtra didn’t have increased pyre from 20 to 123245 hospitals. cross the previous day high, /%38%06%//7 ith Covid-19 enacting 40 at Inderpuri crematorium Railway Board Chairman States such as Kerala (28,447 9:6%65%386; Wdance of death in Delhi, and five more will be added by oon after a meeting con- Suneet Sharma said the rail- new cases), Karnataka (26,962), the crematoriums in the Saturday hopefully to meet the Svened by Prime Minister ways have received a Uttar Pradesh (36,605), 64%.3%7/. national Capital are unable to growing demand,” he said. Narendra Modi with the Chief request from Delhi just now, Rajasthan (15,398), Madhya cope up with the arrival of body “The CNG furnaces were Ministers of States and the rail network system is Pradesh (13,590 new case) reg- ;./%0/%010 bags. At Gazipur crematorium operated for 7 to 8 hours ear- having high Covid-19 case- planning its movement from istered new peaks, clearly indi- on Thursday night, bodies lier but now all furnaces are loads on Friday, the Delhi Rourkela in Odisha. cating that corornavirus con- 2/3%45%456 were cremated virtually on the functioning 24 hours without Government requested Indian Delhi Chief Minister tinued to spread with the same road while several others were break. We have used all the Railways to start operating Arvind Kejriwal appealed to aggression as before despite /6%1.%747 put on the “waiting” list. empties spaces but still very “Oxygen Express” trains imme- the Centre to provide medical lockdown and restrictions. Grief-stricken family short,” he said. diately to save Covid-19 oxygen to the Delhi which is A day after, Maharashtra 2 /5%4/%.81 members were made to wait ! $%& East Corporation has five patients in need of medical facing acute shortage of med- recorded 568 deaths for the sec- for hours for performing the ' "( ' burial grounds and all are oxygen in the national Capital ical oxygen. ond consecutive day, the daily 2 7%85%0179:6.%33/; last rites. exhausted. “We have used the The situation is so heart- and burial grounds coming 19 bodies coming for crema- unused spaces in all cremation rending that people coming under its jurisdiction. tion is thrice the capacity, a cor- grounds but still very short as with bodies at burial grounds, The North Corporation poration senior official said.