Medical Superintendent of Anand Hospital Subhash Yadav was quoted as saying, “We need 400 cylinders every day, but we are getting only 90.”
He added that the oxygen shortage has been “continuous” and disclosed that the hospital has been forced to turn away critical patients who need high-pressure oxygen.
Chief of KMC Hospital Sunil Gupta said that they lost four patients on Tuesday and three patients the day before.
The doctor said that the trouble was the management of oxygen. He further claimed that the shortage has been a “daily problem”.
As reported by NDTV, 28-year-old Mohammed Kasim, whose COVID-positive mother is in the hospital, had to get an oxygen cylinder from Haryana’s Karnal 110 km away, at a cost of Rs 25,000. The hospital had asked the family to take back the patient or arrange for oxygen themselves.
As per the state’s health department figures of 25 April, Uttar Pradesh has had more than 11,165 deaths recorded so far.
Five districts had over 10,000 active cases on…