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However, the vehicle that was to get liquid oxygen to the city is stuck in Thrissur due to inaccessible roads. All the surgeries were cancelled and OP was cancelled,” said Dr Singh.Meanwhile, in Lisie Hospital, selective surgeries were postponed due to liquid oxygen shortage. Now, we are only responding to the emergency,” said Dr Harish Pillai, CEO, Aster Medcity.CIMAR too has started shifting many of its patients. They are also trying to discharge patients to the hospital guest house as much as possible. We are concerned about two things at the moment diesel availability and liquid oxygen supply,” said Fr Ajo Moothedan, assistant director, Lisie Hospital.Most of the hospitals get the liquid oxygen from Bengaluru and it is refilled once in seven to eight days, with most major hospitals having a minimum capacity of 11,000 litres..