Summary:
Lives in danger as Covid hospitals proceed to face acute scarcity of oxygen cylinders; some hospitals have stopped accepting essential sufferers, govt units up management room, shares helpline quantity
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Hospitals across continued to face an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders on Saturday, with many refusing to admit while a few have started shifting patients to hospitals in Mumbai after the post-Ganpati festivities and unlock 4.
It has led to a scarcity of oxygen cylinders in nearly all Covid-19 hospitals in satellite towns.
A number of them have not only exhausted their backup supplies but are also being forced to marginally reduce the flow of oxygen to patients to optimise use.
The hospital wants 90 jumbo cylinders per day, however is getting simply 15.
“I’ve 55 beds for Covid-19 sufferers, and 40 sufferers are on oxygen help.
Six of them are on the ventilator, and so they want ample provide of oxygen,dealing with an acute scarcity, mentioned Dr Amit Thadani, medical director of Niramaya Hospital in Kharghar.
My solely fear was the six sufferers who’re on non-invasive ventilator, needing round 40 to 50 litre of oxygen per minute.
Of those, two have been essential, and an interruption in oxygen provide even for a minute might have price their lives.