New Delhi: Amid complaints of oxygen scarcity in hospitals throughout the country owing to the massive spike in coronavirus infections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to “urgently” provide oxygen to the national capital, saying that hospitals are facing acute shortage due to an unprecedented surge in cases.
“Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen,” Kejriwal tweeted.
He had earlier made a similar appeal to the central government, saying that hospitals in the national capital are running low on oxygen as well as ICU beds.
Manish Sisodia tweeted the list of hospitals facing oxygen scarcity, here is a break-up of Govt & Pvt hospitals
दिल्ली में अधिकतर अस्पतालों में केवल अगले 8 से 12 घंटे के लिए ही ऑक्सिजन उपलब्ध है.
हम एक हफ़्ते से दिल्ली को ऑक्सिजन सप्लाई कोटा बढ़ाने की माँग कर रहे हैं जोकि केंद्र सरकार को करना है . अगर कल सुबह तक पर्याप्त मात्रा में अस्पतालों में ऑक्सिजन नहीं पहुँची तो हाहाकार मच जाएगा. pic.twitter.com/omO7RCTaCj
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 20, 2021
In earlier tweet, he slammed Centre and accused it of ‘biasedness’ and called it to have more balanced approach in distributing oxygen cylinders to states.
ऑक्सिजन को लेकर सब अस्पतालों से SOS फ़ोन आ रहे हैं. सप्लाई करने वाले लोगों को अलग अलग राज्यों में रोक दिया जा रहा है.
ऑक्सिजन की सप्लाई को लेकर राज्यों के बीच जंगलराज न हो, इसके लिए केंद्र सरकार को बेहद संवेदनशील और सक्रिय रहना होगा.
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 20, 2021
In the last 24 hours, Delhi reported 240 deaths — the highest-ever registered in a single day fatalities in the city – and 23,686 fresh coronavirus infections. There are currently 76,887 active cases in the national capital.
The national capital has gone into a six-day lockdown amid the deteriorating COVID-19 situation.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said the next three weeks are crucial with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country.
“Centre working closely with States and UTs on public health measures to contain COVID-19. Next three weeks crucial! At a meeting held today, UTs advised augmenting hospital infrastructure, ramping up testing, creating containment zones and strictly enforcing COVID appropriate behaviour,” tweeted Dr Harsh Vardhan.
