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1,594 PSA plants being established across India, will reduce dependency on
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Amid the shortage of medical oxygen across the country, the Union Health Ministry on Friday said that as many as 1,594 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants are being established across the country to meet the increased demand for oxygen due to rising coronav
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Treat PIL as 'representation' which seeks compensation to families of pati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the concerned authorities of the Centre and Delhi government to treat a PIL as "representation" which seeks direction to initiate a scheme to provide appropriate compensation to the families of the patients who died due
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K'taka hospital asks 24 COVID patients to shift due to oxygen shortage
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chikmagalur (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): As India health infrastructure crumbles amid the massive spike of coronavirus cases, 24 COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Karnataka's Chickmagalur were asked to be ready to shift due to an oxygen shortage on Thursday.
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Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 2511 MT liquid medical oxygen to stat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Thursday informed that Oxygen Expresses have delivered more than 2511 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 161 tankers to different states amid a shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country due to rise in
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COVID-19: Air Force's C-17 airlifts cryogenic oxygen tanks from Bangkok
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid an acute shortage of oxygen due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Air Force airlifted fifth consignment of cryogenic oxygen tanks from Bangkok on Thursday.
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Gurugram's Artemis Hospital runs out of oxygen, suspends admission
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid the surge in coronavirus cases in the country and subsequently increasing demand for hospital beds, oxygen, and medicine, Gurugram's Artemis Hospital on Thursday suspended admissions of patients till further notice claiming shortage of oxygen.
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COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ New York [US], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized.
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Oxygen shortage: Major disaster averted in KC General Hospital in Karnatak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru(Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): A major disaster that could have spelled doom to many lives due to shortage of oxygen at KC General Hospital in Karnataka's Malleshwaram was averted by timely action taken by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N.Ashwatha Narayana and alertness exhibited by
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'Oxygen produced in Karnataka should be reserved for our state': Former CM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the oxygen produced in the state should be reserved for the state only, amid the acute oxygen crisis faced by the country due to the rampant surge in co
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Hope major water shortage doesn't arise in Delhi amid COVID-19 crisis, say
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairman Raghav Chadha has reiterated his concerns for reduced water levels of Yamuna river which might affect the COVID hospitals in the national capital and said that they have approached the Supreme Court to intervene in this m
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COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of pati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients and shortage of oxygen, lives of several coronavirus patients admitted at AIIMS Rishikesh was saved on Tuesday night by shifting them to another ward and oxygen was arranged from BHEL Haridwar.
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Delhi: COVID-19 patients in home isolation can now apply online to get oxy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid an acute shortage of medical oxygen in the national capital, the Delhi government has set up a portal on its official website to streamline the distribution of oxygen to COVID-19 patients in home isolation, non-COVID hospitals, nursing homes and ambula
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