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| Capital crumbles under Covid:20 die in Jaipur Golden Hospital from alleged oxygen shortage |
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New Delhi: At least 20 critical COVID infected patients died last night at the Jaipur Golden Hospital here due to alleged shortage of life-saving oxygen gas, sources in the hospital said on Saturday.
The incident comes just a day after when at least 20 people lost their lives at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here due to the 'same reason'.
The sources said JG hospital heaved a sigh of relief as they received a fresh stock of medical oxygen in the afternoon, however, the oxygen shortage still persists in the hospital and the gas pipelines can dry out at any moment. The hospital has raised an alarm and also shared its ordeal on social media platforms.
As per latest reports, over 200 lives at stake if liquid medical oxygen is not supplied by 2100 hrs tonight.
Another hospital--Saroj Hospital in Rohini-- has stopped admitting patients due to the severe shortage of oxygen gas. "All the beds have been occupied. Moreover, there is a severe shortage of oxygen. We are forced to close new admissions," a source told UNI over the phone.
The Hospital had on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking urgent directions to facilitate oxygen supply to it.
The situation still remains critical. "We have very little oxygen left. Inox is not responding. We may have to ask patients to leave and make their own arrangements," the Director of the hospital told a TV channel. The hospital currently has 141 inpatients.
Maharaja Agrasen Hospital in Punjabi Bagh is also facing a similar crisis and had approached the Delhi High Court. The hearing was going on at the time of filing of the report.
Apart from the dearth of oxygen gas, there is also a shortage of ICU beds in the national capital. An official at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) in central Delhi told UNI that there is no vacant ICU bed for the past few days. "Also, the oxygen stock that we have can last only eight hours," the source added.
People across the national capital are scrabbling for life-saving oxygen supplies and beds in hospitals. The unpredictable spread of COVID-19 infection and hospitalisation have created havoc.
As per the Delhi government's official COVID website, the LNJP hospital is having 400 ICU beds and all are occupied.
The data at 2000 hrs showed that only 12 COVID-19 ICU beds and 1,623 COVID-19 non-ICU beds were available across hospitals in Delhi.
Of the 12 ICU vacant beds, 1 is available at AIIMS Trauma Centre and 11 at Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterparts in other States to help Delhi in coming out of the crisis. Delhi does not have even a single oxygen plant and is completely dependent on supplies from other states.
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