Ganga Ram Oxygen

As COVID-19 cases and deaths increased in India in April and May, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and several others ran so short of oxygen that many patients in the national capital suffocated.

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has been waiting for three days to refill its oxygen cylinders that are used to transport critically ill COVID patients and is currently on 'beg and borrow' mode, sources said on Monday.

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi late on Saturday night said it had medical oxygen left to last only about 45 minutes to an hour. A private medical facility in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, Gandhi Hospital, also sent out an SOS for oxygen.

Twenty-five "sickest patients" have died in the last 24 hours at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi, a statement from the hospital said this morning, revealing a worsening Covid crisis in the capital's hospitals.

After an acute oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals was flagged in court and through appeals by politicians, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, some of the city's biggest medical facilities received a late night refill.

Two of Delhi's top hospitals -- Max Hospital and Ganga Ram -- have reported that their oxygen supplies will last for just a few hours. The crunch comes as Delhi struggles to cope with an unprecedented daily surge that reached 32,000 last evening.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths increased in India in April and May, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and several others ran so short of oxygen that many patients in the national capital suffocated.

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has been waiting for three days to refill its oxygen cylinders that are used to transport critically ill COVID patients and is currently on 'beg and borrow' mode, sources said on Monday.

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi late on Saturday night said it had medical oxygen left to last only about 45 minutes to an hour. A private medical facility in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, Gandhi Hospital, also sent out an SOS for oxygen.

Twenty-five "sickest patients" have died in the last 24 hours at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi, a statement from the hospital said this morning, revealing a worsening Covid crisis in the capital's hospitals.

After an acute oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals was flagged in court and through appeals by politicians, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, some of the city's biggest medical facilities received a late night refill.

Two of Delhi's top hospitals -- Max Hospital and Ganga Ram -- have reported that their oxygen supplies will last for just a few hours. The crunch comes as Delhi struggles to cope with an unprecedented daily surge that reached 32,000 last evening.