DDA modifies building bye-laws for oxygen plants at Delhi hospitals
India | June 09, 2021 8:12 ISTThe decision was taken at a board meeting chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, who is also the DDA Chairman, said a senior DDA official.
The decision was taken at a board meeting chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, who is also the DDA Chairman, said a senior DDA official.
Delhi recorded less than 200 hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients on Monday, the lowest in nearly two months, according to government data.
Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were "at risk".
Twenty-five COVID-19 patients at the high-profile Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had died last week. Sources said, "low-pressure oxygen" could be the likely cause of the deaths. Officials at Fortis Healthcare said the situation is stable now and admissions are on.
In the midst of the Corona crisis, the family members of patients outside LNJP Hospital in Delhi are in a bad condition. There is a huge shortage of beds in the hospital.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
Delhi logged 24,331 fresh COVID-19 cases and a record single-day jump of 348 deaths on Friday while the positivity rate stood at 32.43 per cent, according to the latest health bulletin.
Amid a flood of complaints regarding oxygen shortage in hospitals, the DDMA has appointed two nodal officers to ensure oxygen supply in Delhi hospitals
Delhi recorded 24,638 fresh COVID-19 cases and 249 deaths due to the viral disease on Wednesday while the positivity rate stood at 31.28 per cent, meaning almost every third sample tested positive.
Situation is different in different hospitals; 6 hours in some, 8 in others 10 in some others. We can't call this a comfortable situation, says Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain
Delhi Covid-19: Arvind Kejriwal had on Tuesday evening said that there will be chaos in Delhi if oxygen stocks are not replenished.
On Tuesday, CM Kejriwal had urged the Centre "with folded hands" to provide medical oxygen to Delhi and his deputy Manish Sisodia said there will be chaos in the city if the stocks are not replenished by Wednesday morning.
After Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Tuesday that Delhi’s GTB Hospital was running out of medical oxygen, one oxygen tanker reached the hospital just in time at 1:30 am on Wednesday. More than 500 critical Covid-19 patients on oxygen were admitted at the hospital and the supply was not expected to last beyond 2 am.
COVID-19: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the city is facing acute shortage of oxygen supply and urged the Centre to increase the city's quota.
The Centre told the Delhi High Court that there is no gap in oxygen supply to national capital at present and its use has been banned for industrial purposes except for certain industries.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that nearly all the major private and government hospitals in Delhi are going to run out of oxygen in the next eight to 12 hours.
After an exponential rise of Covid cases over the last few weeks, the Arvind Kejriwal government is looking at steps to increase the number of hospital beds and for that matter has turned Commonwealth Games Village into a COVID facility.
Around 2,700 beds will be added at different hospitals and facilities in the national capital in the next few days for COVID-19 patients, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Tuesday.
The Delhi Corona Patient Portal showed there were 93 beds available at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital for corona patients but it still denied beds to patients, saying they were not available, said Prashant Gautam, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West).
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that severe cases involving respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation should be admitted to a dedicated COVID hospital.
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