At least 20 coronavirus patients in Delhi have died after the hospital treating them ran out of oxygen, the Hindustan Times reported on S...
At least 20 coronavirus patients in Delhi have died after the hospital treating them ran out of oxygen, the Hindustan Times reported on Saturday. Authorities at the Jaipur Golden Hospital said that another 200 lives were at risk as they had supplies to last only half-an-hour.
“We lost 20 people amid an oxygen shortage last night [Friday],” hospital’s Medical Director DK Baluja told the newspaper. “Oxygen supply to last only half an hour now, more than 200 lives at stake.”
Out of the 200 patients, 80 are on oxygen support while 35 are in intensive care unit, Baluja told PTI.
Oxygen supply to last only half an hour now, more than 200 lives are at stake. We lost 20 people amid an oxygen shortage last night: DK Baluja, Jaipur Golden Hospital#CovidSOS Call from A Delhi Hospital #COVIDEmergency2021 https://t.co/htE5HNgoze
— Hemant Rajaura (@hemantrajora_) April 24, 2021
The news came a day after 25 “sickest” coronavirus patients died overnight at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi amid a last-minute scramble for oxygen. In a statement released around 8 am on Friday, the director of the hospital had warned that they had oxygen for only two more hours and that 60 more patients were at risk.
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