<+ A B + B B 0&#@0,-6. =/ '? &7005&&* =1+ #1 /85,; 98.: )8.4! #- 2#2#/#1#8:72 0 /4,1 >24,-1 04- 216.12-#2 11 10- >3- 4 1 # 4>0? 4@0 2#3,0-?021-- 1/6 !" 4 :4:9:A -=.: $ %'( $) 5 74 * %+* !123 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 -#.#/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 556 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 -401 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 The eyewitness said he <.6467487. hospital said once a patient is hours for a bed in Greater reached GIMS around 12.15 pushed to the edge without the Noida on Thursday. Her body pm and there he saw the 64964-:9 support of oxygen, it is very dif- remained inside the car for woman patient in a serious ficult to revive him. ! " # three 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:> 01 23&/4 -#.#/0 -#.#/0 !" he Delhi Government he Delhi High Court on " -#.#/0 Textended lockdown by a TSaturday came down heav- -#.#/0 week till May 10, Chief ily on the Centre and ordered ith its presence at around Minister Arvind Kejriwal that forthwith the Delhi W3 lakh panchayats across ndia kicked off the third announced on Saturday. The Government must be given the country, the Centre’s digi- Iphase of the much-hyped national Capital has been under promised quota of 490 MT tal arm Common Service vaccination drive covering lockdown since April 19, as the oxygen per day failing which Centres (CSC) has come for- those above the age of 18 years ruling Aam Aadmi Party the Centre would face con- ward to assist rural India to reg- from Saturday at a dismal note (AAP) scrambles to contain a tempt of court. ister the population falling in as barring six, most States and fresh wave of infections and a Fuming with rage, the the age bracket of 18-44 years Union Territories (UTs) positivity rate that remains judges said “enough is enough” ! "# for the mandatory Co-Win deferred the drive due to short- over 30 per cent. and observed that for the past portal registration for the mass age of vaccine. “Lockdown in Delhi is 10 days, the State was getting ..(else) it only remains a paper requested that the order be Covid vaccination programme Even in these six States, the being extended by one week,” only around 300 MT. allocation. The allocation to deferred by half an hour to that started on Saturday. drive was “token”, limited to just Kejriwal tweeted. Minutes after the slap from Delhi has been in force from enable the officers to explain This has come as relief for a few districts, said an official This is the second exten- High Court, the Centre April 20 and not for a single the position. the authorities amid appre- from the Union Health sion of the lockdown in the increased Delhi’s quota to day Delhi has received allocat- However the judges did not hension as to how rural India Ministry. The exercise began at national Capital. Last Sunday, 590MT per day. The order was ed supply,” said court fixing entertain the requests of the will get themselves registered a time when many States are while announcing the first, passed by a Division Bench of responsibility on Centre. ASG. for vaccination in the absence reporting shortage of vaccines Kejriwal had said, Justices Vipin Sanghi and The court also clarified of adequate internet access and on contrary to the Centre’s " $ % “Coronavirus still continues Rekha Palli in a batch of peti- that in case its present direction smartphone mobility. claim that more than 79 lakh #& #'( to wreak havoc in the city. tions raising issues relating to is not complied. Secretary of '&*)1&0'+% On the first day of regis- Covid vaccine doses Public opinion is that lock- 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 downs should increase. So it is “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 #$$%#&'%(')*'* being extended for one 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 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 India reported through the (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 “Water has gone above the concentrators for personal use CSC kiosks in less than 24 UTs “free of cost” of which the vaccine starting May 1.