Delhi govt exaggerated oxygen requirement by more than four times between April 25 & May 10

New Delhi: Delhi government exaggerated the oxygen requirement for the city by more than four times between April 25 & May 10. Supply of excess oxygen to Delhi could have triggered a crisis in its supply to 12 high caseload states, as per the report.

4 hospitals-Singhal Hospital, Aruna Asif Ali Hospital, ESIC Model Hospital & Liferay Hospital had claimed “extremely high oxygen consumption with few beds & claims appeared to be erroneous, leading to extremely skewed info & significantly higher oxygen requirement”, stated report.

Supreme Court oxygen audit team has submitted its report before SC & stated that the Delhi government exaggerated its oxygen requirement by four times during the peak of the second wave of COVID crisis.

More details awaited.