After this Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday Since the GTB hospital in Delhi is running out of medical oxygen, an oxygen tanker reached the hospital punctually at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. There are currently more than 500 critical Covid patients admitted to the Covid Hospital with oxygen and supplies were not expected to continue beyond 2 a.m.
Resident doctors who did not want to be named told India Today, “We were all almost hopeless. We ran against time. We didn’t want the 500 serious patients admitted to our facility to know about the situation at all. “
“We honestly prayed to God for a miracle to happen. When we saw the oxygen tanker arrive, all the staff were in tears, “they said.
Earlier at 11pm, University College of Medical Sciences director Anil Jain told India Today that “a disaster can break out at GTB Hospital” if liquid medical oxygen is not supplied before 2am.
Satyendar Jains SOS
Satyendar Jain, who tagged union minister Piyush Goyal, called on the center to help restore oxygen supplies to Delhi’s hospitals.
He also posted screenshots that read, “It is very difficult to get liquid medical oxygen and cylinders from the manufacturer M / S INOX. According to the local district authorities, DM [district magistrate] and SSP [senior superintendent of police] Do not allow the seller to deliver to other states like Delhi. “
Acute lack of oxygen in the GTB Hospital. Oxygen must not last longer than 4 hours. More than 500 corona patients under oxygen. please help@PiyushGoyal
Restoring oxygen supply to avert a major crisis. pic.twitter.com/QNMSoWgNTA– Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) April 20, 2021
A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal had asked the central government to “urgently deliver oxygen to Delhi” on Twitter. He said there is a serious oxygen crisis in the city and the hospitals are running out of supplies.
A severe oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge the center to urgently oxygenate Delhi. Some hospitals only have a few hours of oxygen left.
– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2021
The The number of cases in Delhi is increasing rapidly Every day. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded 28,395 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the number of active cases to over 85,500. This is Delhi’s highest one-day spike in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
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