India is experiencing an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases and the state of Uttar Pradesh is no exception. days later Statement by UP Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath In the absence of a lack of medical care in the state, eight patients died in a hospital in Agra due to a lack of medical oxygen.
Seven to eight coronavirus patients died at Paras Hospital in Agra due to a lack of medical oxygen. We informed the district administration about this, said hospital worker Tanu Chaturvedi.
Agra District Judge Prabhu Singh said there had been a lack of medical oxygen for the past 24 hours but the same would be fixed soon. The sudden increase in patient numbers led to a surge in demand, adds Prabhu Singh.
Poster outside a hospital in Agra stating there are no more beds (Photo credit: Ashutosh Mishra / India Today)
Hospitals in the city of Agra have started putting up posters outside their premises stating the unavailability of beds for Covid-19 patients. Some hospitals have even posted notices asking family members of patients to arrange their own oxygen cylinders. “Those who take care of their loved ones have to bring their own oxygen bottles,” it says in such a note.
“People will die if no oxygen is supplied”
The management of Prabha Hospital in Agra is handing out empty cylinders and a letter to the relatives of coronavirus patients. In the letter there is a plea for the oxygen filling station.
We have about 100 patients and all of them need oxygen and high flow oxygen flows, said the head of Prabha Hospital. “People will die when that medical oxygen is not supplied“says the person in charge.
Family members of a Covid-19 patient in Agra show a letter from the hospital to obtain oxygen (Photo credit: Ashutosh Mishra / India Today)
Family members of Covid-19 patients have been informed that the hospital is running out of medical oxygen, according to Zarikha Khan, the manager of Bhagwati Hospital on the National Highway. We don’t get any oxygen bottles despite multiple calls and emails to the administration, she said.
“We have told family members to take patients to where they can find medical oxygen,” said Zarikha Khan.
Remdesivir injections could not be found even on the black market
Agra hospitals are also facing a shortage of remdesivir injections. Those who looked for it could not find Remdesivir in pharmacies or in the outlets of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
Dheeraj had been Look for remdesivir injections for his father Prem Singh since morning but couldn’t find it. The government says there are many injections available but we couldn’t even find them on the black market, says Poonam, who was looking for a remdesivir injection for her mother.
Poster outside a hospital in Agra stating there are no more beds (Photo credit: Ashutosh Mishra / India Today)
Agra DM Prabhu Singh says the city has more than 4,000 active cases but there is no shortage of hospital beds. Our data shows that 2,000 beds are vacant, he adds.
The district judge assures that the administration will provide hospital beds and medical oxygen to those in need.
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