Delhi Corona Mobile Applica- Hours of Saturday, Officials Said
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Local people and -#.#/0 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 -3 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 557 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- 474.4676 Delhi needs 976 tonnes of oxy- admitted to the hospital for the without oxygen for 80 minutes. dling stocks of oxygen. <=;4:4.7> 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 :4747:;<=;46-.> 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 -401 Gupta, who worked as an 474-488: The hospital had sent out had 2,500 litres of the life-sav- raising alarms since Saturday struggled with depleting oxy- engineer in Greater Noida, is <=;49-47::> an SOS message about oxygen ing gas left,” Gupta said, adding, afternoon over depleting levels gen supplies. 35-year-old woman died in survived by her husband and shortage on Saturday. “It is a matter of shame that of oxygen supply. Twenty people died at the Aher car outside a two children. ;;4.;49 Sudhanshu Bankata, the people are dying due to lack of In a related development, Jaipur Golden Hospital last Government hospital due to The eyewitness said he Executive Director of Batra oxygen in the national Capital.” Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj week amid shortage of oxygen. Covid after waiting for hours reached GIMS around 12.15 <.6467487. hospital said once a patient is for a bed in Greater Noida on pm and there he saw the pushed to the edge without the Thursday. Her body remained woman patient in a serious 64964-:9 support of oxygen, it is very dif- inside the car for three hours. condition in her car. ficult to revive him. ! " # An eyewitness said the rel- He added she was 746.4;: “Unfortunately, we are atives of Jagriti Gupta were try- with an attendant, who was expecting more fatalities,” & ' " ing to find a hospital bed for running from pillar to post for :4-:479. said Bankata. " her at the Government Institute a bed for her. SCL Gupta, the Medical $% % " $% of Medical Sciences (GIMS). Continued on Page 4 48.477:<=:74:> 01 - ' . 23&/4 -#.#/0 -#.#/0 !" he Delhi Government Textended lockdown by a he Delhi High Court on " -#.#/0 week till May 10, Chief TSaturday came down heav- -#.#/0 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. Total 84,000 being extended by one week,” 10 days, the State was getting allocation. The allocation to deferred by half an hour to Covid vaccination programme beneficiaries in the 18-44 age Kejriwal tweeted. only around 300 MT. Delhi has been in force from enable the officers to explain that started on Saturday. group got inoculated on Day 1. This is the second exten- Minutes after the slap from April 20 and not for a single the position. This has come as relief for Even in these six States, the sion of the lockdown in the High Court, the Centre day Delhi has received allocat- However the judges the authorities amid appre- drive was “token”, limited to just national Capital. Last Sunday, increased Delhi’s quota to ed supply,” said court fixing did not entertain the requests hension as to how rural India a few districts, said an official while announcing the first, 590MT per day. The order was responsibility on Centre. of the ASG. will get themselves registered from the Union Health Kejriwal had said, passed by a Division Bench of The court also clarified Continued on Page 4 for vaccination in the absence Ministry. The exercise began at ! “Coronavirus still continues Justices Vipin Sanghi and that in case its present direction of adequate internet access and a time when many States are " to wreak havoc in the city. Rekha Palli in a batch of peti- is not complied. Secretary of '&*)1&0'+% smartphone mobility. reporting shortage of vaccines States and UTs within the next # Public opinion is that lock- tions raising issues relating to Industries has to remain pre- On the first day of regis- on contrary to the Centre’s three days. Some private hos- $% downs should increase. So it is Covid-19 management. sent before it. We may even $'%$%&)#&')1*')&0# tration after the Government of claim that more than 79 lakh pitals too started the vaccine being extended for one week.” “We direct Centre to consider issuing contempt pro- Indian opened the Covid vac- Covid vaccine doses process for those in the age #$$%#&'%(')*'* The Delhi Disaster ensure that Delhi receives its ceedings, the court added. Even *'0&4$'5))(')*)0'%# cination programme for the (79,13,518) are still available group of 18-44 years. Management Authority 490 MT oxygen supply today as Additional Solicitor General 505%,)+(&$#&+') general people in the 18-44 with the States and Union Amid deadly Covid-19 sec- #+,-..#)0&'0&#)& (DDMA), in its order on the by whatever means,” the court Chetan Sharma sought to inter- years category, more than one Territories to be administered. ond wave surge, the Centre had %()'1&'1'))' extension of the lockdown, said, adding that the Centre vene, the court remarked, New Delhi: The Government lakh people from rural India The Centre has so far said all Indian adults will be eli- stated that a review of the must arrange tankers for the “Water has gone above the has allowed imports of oxygen reported through the CSC claimed to have provided near- gible to receive the Covid-19 New Delhi: Inoculation of pandemic situation showed State.