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  Nashik oxygen leak: Heart-wrenching tragedy, says PM Modi; Uddhav Thackeray orders high-level probe

  India | April 22, 2021 0:04 IST

  Nashik Oxygen leak news updates: The tragedy at a hospital in Nashik because of oxygen tank leakage is heart-wrenching. Anguished by the loss of lives due to it, PM Modi said.

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  Oxygen tank leaks at Nashik's Zakir Hussain Hospital, 11 dead

  News | April 21, 2021 14:54 IST

  An Oxygen tanker leaked while tankers were being filled at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday.

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  Nashik: 24 Covid-19 patients die after leakage from oxygen tanker at Zakir Hussain Hospital

  India | April 21, 2021 19:25 IST

  24 Covid-19 patients died after a leakage was reported from an oxygen tanker at Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik.

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  Patients suffer as some hospitals in Lucknow face acute shortage of oxygen | Watch Ground Report

  News | April 21, 2021 12:00 IST

  Amid rising coronavirus cases across the country, some hospitals are now facing acute shortage of oxygen supply. The problem in Lucknow is no less, patients are suffering amid shortage of oxygen supply. Hospitals are telling family of patients to get oxygen cylinder themselves.

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  Some States hampering Oxygen supply to Madhya Pradesh, alleges Shivraj Singh Chouhan

  News | April 21, 2021 11:20 IST

  Police officers in some states were blocking the movement of tankers bringing medical-grade oxygen to Madhya Pradesh for coronavirus patients, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged on Monday. There is an adverse situation due to coronavirus infection. It is a time of crisis. Oxygen is life saver.

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  Nothing to panic as hospitals have sufficient amount of oxygen supply with them, say Experts

  News | April 21, 2021 10:43 IST

  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.

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  'Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi': Kejriwal urges Centre's help

  News | April 21, 2021 8:20 IST

  'Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen,' says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.Sunday termed the shortage of oxygen for coronavirus patients an 'emergency'

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  Efforts on war footing to make oxygen supplies available: Commerce Secretary

  News | April 20, 2021 18:00 IST

  Commerce Secretary of Government of India, Anup Wadhawan said that efforts are underway on a war footing to make oxygen supplies available amid increase in demand due to COVID-19.

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  Oxygen express trains, diverted supply from industries to fulfil demand in fight against Covid

  India | April 18, 2021 23:50 IST

  Seeking to address the shortage of medical oxygen as active COVID-19 cases surpassed the 18-lakh mark, the Centre on Sunday banned the supply of the gas for industrial purposes except in nine specified areas and expedited installation of 162 PSA plants in health facilities across the country, while the Railways announced special trains to transport the life-saver.

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  Cops arrange 20 oxygen cylinders in quick action after Delhi hospital says supply left for an hour

  India | April 18, 2021 22:23 IST

  Delhi Police on Sunday arranged emergency oxygen requirement for Mansa Ram hospital situated at Nangloi-Nazafgarh road after it received distress call around 1:30 pm from the hospital director Rajesh Dabas. The region comes under the jurisdiction of police station Nihal Vihar.

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  MP Minister denies reports of death due to oxygen shortage in Shahdol hospital

  News | April 18, 2021 18:20 IST

  MP Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang clarified the Shahdol death incident of 12 patients and said they were in critical situation and not died of oxygen shortage.

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  Railways to run oxygen express trains using green corridors in fight against Covid

  India | April 18, 2021 20:28 IST

  As pandemic sitution worsen in the country, Railways is getting fully ready to transport Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and Oxygen Cylinders across the key Corridors. Availability of oxygen is a key element in the treatment of certain medical conditions in the Covid infection.

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  UP to set up 10 oxygen plants in week for unabated supply all hospitals

  India | April 18, 2021 12:26 IST

  A 24/7 control room has been made active for this purpose where the officials will review the availability of the stock on a daily basis.

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  Top 9 News: Dr. Harsh Vardhan holds high level meeting with ministers amid surge of Covid cases

  News | April 18, 2021 10:59 IST

  With the country witnessing a worrying surge in Covid-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday directed the states and Union Territories to cope with the crisis by ensuring containment, surveillance and treatment of the coronavirus positive cases.

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  'BJP ruled states receiving preferential treatment of medical equipment', alleges Sonia Gandhi

  News | April 17, 2021 22:20 IST

  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across India, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi alleged that BJP ruled states have been receiving preferential treatment in terms of medical equipment.

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  Onsite oxygen generation, integration with hospital distribution system useful: CSIR DG

  News | April 16, 2021 18:29 IST

  Amid shortage of oxygen cylinders due to high demand after surge in COVID cases, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has designed high-capacity oxygen enrichment units.

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  COVID: Dead bodies allegedly carried in garbage van in Chhattisgarh

  News | April 15, 2021 13:20 IST

  Four COVID-19 patients died in Dongargaon block of Rajnandgaon district on April 14 allegedly due to non-availability of oxygen. Three of them died at a COVID Care Centre while the 4th died at a Community Health Centre.

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  Committee to audit oxygen availability in Indore hospitals as demand shoots up

  News | April 10, 2021 21:00 IST

  Indore Member of Parliament Shankar Lalwani on April 10 said that a committee had been created that will audit the oxygen availability in hospitals as demand in Indore has gone up to 60% in view of rising COVID cases.

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  Novel system can extract oxygen, fuel from salty water on Mars

  Science | December 01, 2020 15:54 IST

  A team led by an Indian-origin scientist in the US has developed a new system that can extract oxygen and hydrogen fuel from the salty water on Mars, and may radically change the logistics of future missions to the Red Planet and beyond.

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  VIRAL: Man shares video of oximeter detecting heartbeat of a pencil

  Trending | July 30, 2020 9:54 IST

  Ever since the spike in COVID-19 cases, the demand, as well as the online sales of pulse oximeters, have increased. However, the latest video doing rounds on the internet shows the machine measuring the oxygen level of a pencil.