Targeting the Delhi government over the SC report, the BJP said it has committed a heinous crime. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, however, accused the BJP of lying about the existence of such a report.
"The Delhi government's claim of 1,140 Metric Tonnes was four times the calculated consumption as per bed formula, which was 289 MT only," said the panel in its interim report.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday slammed the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party for shaming the Arvind Kejriwal government over erroneous claims on oxygen.
BJP's Sambit Patra said that due to Kejriwal's lies, oxygen supply was disrupted in other states as oxygen had to be cut off from all places and sent to Delhi. According to the committee constituted for Oxygen Audit, the demand for oxygen placed by the Delhi government between April 25 and May 10, was up to 4 times more than the actual requirement.
There is no proof that the oxygen supply was cut off for a 'mock drill' at a prominent private hospital in Agra, said Uttar Pradesh's Death Audit Committee on its report on Friday.
The Paras hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Agra did not conduct a "mock drill" which led to the deaths of 22 patients, the probe report into the alleged incident said.
Considering increase in demand for medical oxygen in different parts of the country during the second wave of the Covid-19, India has started 'Project O2' to augment the country's ability to meet this rise in demand of medical oxygen.
"To cater to the requirements of oxygen supply for multiple patients during the ongoing COVID pandemic, Tukroo PHC in Shopian district becomes the first in J&K to get multi-feed OMS technology," an official spokesman said.
Agra's Paras hospital will be sealed following the reported death of 22 patients allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. The matter highlighting the hospital's lapse came to light after a video to this effect surfaced.
The Delhi government has formed a four-member expert committee to look into the deaths due to the shortage of oxygen.
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the stand of the Centre and the city government on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the death of 21 Covid patients at the Jaipur Golden Hospital.
NGO Hemkunt Foundation, which helps Covid-19 patients get medical oxygen cylinders, on Thursday alleged that its O2 centre was destroyed and belongings were damaged.
Attorney General K K Venugopal said the GST council will meet on June 8 and deliberate on granting exemption to essential items related to COVID-19, including oxygen concentrators
Adityanath also thanked the Centre for helping the state in its fight against Covid, adding that "we have brought the situation under control".
An aircraft carrying the first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators arrived from Ukraine to India on Monday, as the country battles the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.
The Southern Railway has delivered 2114.21 Metric Tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Tamil Nadu and Kerala through 32 'Oxygen Express'
The Delhi government will give compensation amount of up to Rs 5 lakh to families of those Covid patients who died due to lack of oxygen
He said that 284 Oxygen Express have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states.
MP Radha Mohan Singh said, "Till now, we have reached out to hundreds of COVID patients across those blocks of the district which fall under my constituency. As many as 262 critical patients have been saved because of timely supply of oxygen cylinders from our side."
To reduce the shortage of medical oxygen amid COVID-19, Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi and his son Ram Charan have launched ‘oxygen banks’ in Anantapur and Guntur districts through his Charitable Trust.
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