Twenty Covid patients had died last night at ‘Jaipur Golden Hospital’ due to the low supply of oxygen. The hospital had made an appeal to authority in Delhi to arrange oxygen. According to the hospital, “A supply of 3.5 metric tonnes of oxygen was supposed to reach by 5 pm but it reached around midnight. By then, 20 patients had died.”
Around 9.30 am, the hospital’s MD, Dr. DK Baluja tweeted: “Jaipur Golden Hospital still waiting for oxygen. 215 Covid patients are dependent on the hospital getting a supply ASAP. Please help, we are desperate.” Earlier, 25 Covid-19 patients had died in the period of 24 hours at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH).
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Dr R S Sharma, chairman of the empower group to combat Covid-19 reviewed with the states their augmentation plans to strengthen the existing hospital and clinical treatment infrastructure for the Covid patients. Dr Sharma stressed use of COWIN platform in vaccination drive, noting that it has now stabilised and is working flawlessly.
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