8# A B 4 B B 0&#@0,-6. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 >- '? &005&&* >/4 #/ )3,/7 5346 234*! #+ 0#0#-#/#7:60 . -28/ ?028+/ .2+ 0/5,/0+#0 // /.+ ?1+ 2 / # 2?.= 2@. 0#18.+=.0/++ /-5 !" 4 :4:9:A -=.9 $ %'( $) , .* * %+* !/01 As many as 50 patients # has stopped taking admissions were undergoing treatment at due to oxygen shortage. The t least 18 persons, includ- the Covid-19 facility on the hospital has four hours of oxy- Aing 16 Covid-19 patients, ground floor when fire broke gen left, sources said. died in a fire at a hospital at out in the ICU around 1 am, According to the Delhi Bharuch in Gujarat in the early probably because of short cir- corona mobile application, the hours of Saturday, officials said. cuit, said a hospital official. $ hospital has 106 coronavirus The State Government said The fire was doused with- patients. a judicial enquiry will be con- in an hour. Local people and +#,#-. Meanwhile, Sehgal Neo ducted into the fire that the kin of patients helped in the hospital in Meera Bagh sent out destroyed the Intensive Care rescue operation during which n a horrific incident, 12 an SOS message on Twitter Unit of Patel Welfare Hospital, dozens of patients were shift- ICovid patients, including the about its depleting oxygen. run by a charitable trust. ed to other facilities by ambu- head of gastroenterology “We request urgent assis- “Sixteen coronavirus lance. Some were brought out department, died at Batra tance in getting #SOS oxygen. patients and two nursing staff of the building on wheelchairs Hospital due to lack of oxygen We are running out of our were either charred to death or or on make-shift stretchers. on Saturday. backup supply, and have been died due to suffocation inside The four-storey designated Delhi Chief Minister waiting for a supply since early a Covid-19 unit,” said Covid-19 hospital stands on the Arvind Kejriwal expressed grief morning. We have 90 patients Superintendent of Police Bharuch-Jambusar highway, % % $ # , % - . over the incident. Kejriwal on O2 & 13 in ICU,” the hos- Rajendrasinh Chudasama. 190 km from Ahmedabad. #'( tweeted in Hindi, “This news is Director of the hospital, said Around 12.30 pm, the hos- pital tweeted around 12.40 pm. very painful. Their lives could RK Himthani, head of depart- pital authorities claimed they Hospitals across Delhi and +' have been saved by giving them ment (HOD), gastroenterology had run out of oxygen. The its suburbs have been sending ,,- oxygen on time. Delhi should department, was among those oxygen tanker arrived at 1.35 out desperate messages of help get its quota of oxygen. Can’t see who died due to lack of oxygen. pm, said the hospital authori- on social media and other our people dying like this. “Himthani had been ties, adding that they were platforms, flagging their dwin- 474.;4:;6 Delhi needs 976 tonnes of oxy- admitted to the hospital for the without oxygen for 80 minutes. dling stocks of oxygen. <=;4-649;> gen, but it received only 312 last 15-20 days. The hospital There are around 327 Sir Ganga Ram Hospital tonnes yesterday. How will had informed the authorities patients in the hospital out of had last week reported the :474;7;<=;47.> Delhi breathe in such a less about lack of oxygen on which 48 are in the critical care death of 25 of its “sickest” amount of oxygen?” Saturday morning when they unit. The hospital had been patients as the administration +2./ of Medical Sciences (GIMS). 474864:68 The hospital had sent out had 2,500 litres of the life-sav- raising alarms since Saturday struggled with depleting oxy- Gupta, who worked as an <=;49;498> an SOS message about oxygen ing gas left,” Gupta said, adding, afternoon over depleting levels gen supplies. 35-year-old woman died in engineer in Greater Noida, is shortage on Saturday. “It is a matter of shame that of oxygen supply. Twenty people died at the Aher car outside a survived by her husband and ;;4.;467 Sudhanshu Bankata, the people are dying due to lack of In a related development, Jaipur Golden Hospital last Government hospital due to two children. Executive Director of Batra oxygen in the national Capital.” Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj week amid shortage of oxygen. Covid after waiting for hours The eyewitness said he <.6467487. hospital said once a patient is for a bed in Greater Noida on reached GIMS around 12.15 pushed to the edge without the Thursday. Her body remained pm and there he saw the 64964-:9 support of oxygen, it is very dif- inside the car for three woman patient in a serious ficult to revive him. hours. condition in her car. 746.4;: “Unfortunately, we are An eyewitness said the rel- He added she was with an expecting more fatalities,” said ) % atives of Jagriti Gupta were try- attendant, who was running :4-:479. Bankata. % ing to find a hospital bed for from pillar to post for a bed for SCL Gupta, the Medical !" " % ! #'( her at the Government Institute her. 48.477:<=:74:> $% &'()* +#,#-. +#,#-. !" he Delhi Government Textended lockdown by a he Delhi High Court on " +#,#-. week till May 10, Chief TSaturday came down heav- +#,#-. Minister Arvind Kejriwal ily on the Centre and ordered ith its presence at around announced on Saturday. The that forthwith the Delhi W3 lakh panchayats across ndia kicked off the third national Capital has been under Government must be given the country, the Centre’s digi- Iphase of the much-hyped lockdown since April 19, as the promised quota of 490 MT tal arm Common Service vaccination drive covering ruling Aam Aadmi Party oxygen per day failing which Centres (CSC) has come for- those above the age of 18 years (AAP) scrambles to contain a the Centre would face con- ward to assist rural India to reg- from Saturday at a dismal note fresh wave of infections and a tempt of court. ister the population falling in as barring six, most States and positivity rate that remains Fuming with rage, the the age bracket of 18-44 years Union Territories (UTs) over 30 per cent. judges said “enough is enough” ! "# for the mandatory Co-Win deferred the drive due to short- “Lockdown in Delhi is and observed that for the past portal registration for the mass age of vaccine. being extended by one week,” 10 days, the State was getting allocation. The allocation to requested that the order be Covid vaccination programme Even in these six States, the Kejriwal tweeted. only around 300 MT. Delhi has been in force from deferred by half an hour to that started on Saturday. drive was “token”, limited to just This is the second exten- Minutes after the slap from April 20 and not for a single enable the officers to explain This has come as relief for a few districts, said an official sion of the lockdown in the High Court, the Centre day Delhi has received allocat- the position. the authorities amid appre- from the Union Health national Capital. Last Sunday, increased Delhi’s quota to ed supply,” said court fixing However the judges did not hension as to how rural India Ministry. The exercise began at while announcing the first, 590MT per day. The order was responsibility on entertain the requests of the will get themselves registered a time when many States are Kejriwal had said, passed by a Division Bench of Centre. ASG. for vaccination in the absence reporting shortage of vaccines “Coronavirus still continues Justices Vipin Sanghi and The court also clarified of adequate internet access and on contrary to the Centre’s " $ % to wreak havoc in the city. Rekha Palli in a batch of peti- that in case its present direction smartphone mobility. claim that more than 79 lakh #& #'( Public opinion is that lock- tions raising issues relating to is not complied. Secretary of '&*)1&0'+% On the first day of regis- Covid vaccine doses downs should increase. So it is Covid-19 management. Industries has to remain pre- $'%$%&)#&')1*')&0# tration after the Government of (79,13,518) are still available pitals too started the vaccine being extended for one “We direct Centre to sent before it. We may even Indian opened the Covid vac- with the States and Union process for those in the age #$$%#&'%(')*'* week.” ensure that Delhi receives its consider issuing contempt pro- *'0&4$'5))(')*)0'%# cination programme for the Territories to be administered. group of 18-44 years. #+,-..#)0&'0&#)& The Delhi Disaster 490 MT oxygen supply today ceedings, the court added. Even 505%,)+(&$#&+') general people in the 18-44 The Centre has so far Amid deadly Covid-19 sec- Management Authority by whatever means,” the court as Additional Solicitor General years category, more than one claimed to have provided near- ond wave surge, the Centre had %()'1&'1'))' (DDMA), in its order on the said, adding that the Centre Chetan Sharma sought to inter- New Delhi: The Government lakh people from rural India ly 16.37 crore vaccine doses said all Indian adults will be eli- extension of the lockdown, must arrange tankers for the vene, the court remarked, has allowed imports of oxygen reported through the CSC (16,37,62,300) to States and gible to receive the Covid-19 New Delhi: Inoculation of stated that a review of the State. The court also noted that “Water has gone above the concentrators for personal use kiosks in less than 24 UTs “free of cost” of which the vaccine starting May 1.