The Centre has asked the states and Union territories to share data on deaths due to the shortage of oxygen during the devastating second w...
The Centre has asked the states and Union territories to share data on deaths due to the shortage of oxygen during the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, PTI reported on Tuesday. This comes days after the government faced severe criticism for denying that there were any deaths due to scarcity of the life-saving gas.
The government is likely present the data in the Parliament before the Monsoon Session ends on August 13, unidentified officials told ANI. Both the Houses of Parliament have seen stormy sessions as the Opposition has repeatedly cornered the Centre over its handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
India struggled with a grave oxygen crisis in the second wave of the pandemic in April-May. The shortages of the life-saving gas as well as medicines and hospital beds forced families and friends of patients to plead for help on social media. Hospitals sent out SOS messages as their oxygen stocks ran dangerously low.
On May 1, at least 12 patients died at the Batra Hospital in Delhi after the facility fell short of oxygen. The hospital had confirmed that the deaths had taken place because of lack of oxygen.
On April 23, at least 20 patients under critical care died at Jaipur Golden Hospital in North West Delhi....
