Delhi HC directs all hospitals to submit data on COVID patients occupying bedsThe bench directed all hospitals of the Central government, Delhi government, and private hospitals including nursing homes to provide info...
01 May, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
ICU bed numbers must be doubled: Health MinistryAs per the ministry of health and family welfare statistics, India needs 162,000 ICU beds to meet hospitalisation requirements arising from...
30 Apr, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
Shortage of oxygen beds, Intensive Care Units may choke BengaluruHospitals said while they could not increase the number of ICUs and ventilators in a short time, they were trying to add more oxygen lines ...
28 Apr, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Bengaluru stares at shortage of oxygen beds, ventilatorsWith about 192,000 active cases, Bengaluru has the highest Covid-19 case load among Indian cities. The case surge has caused severe stress ...
28 Apr, 2021, 09.33 AM IST
Delhi government to import 18 cryogenic tankers from Thailand, 21 oxygen plants from FranceDue to a shortage of tankers, the Delhi government was also facing problems in transporting its oxygen quota decided by the Centre, the chi...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Defence public sector undertakings procuring oxygen generation plants under 'fast-track mode'The DPSUs procuring oxygen generation plants include Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), BEML Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Mazagon Dock Shipbuilde...
26 Apr, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
COVID-19: What is oxygen saturation and when does one need oxygen supportDoctors have taken to social media to highlight oxygen shortage, as state governments knock high courts to streamline equitable oxygen dist...
24 Apr, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
This is on you: Rahul Gandhi slams government over 'oxygen shortage, lack of ICU beds'"Corona can cause a fall in oxygen level but it's #OxygenShortage & lack of ICU beds which is causing many deaths. GOI, this is on you," Ga...
23 Apr, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
More number of beds to be added once oxygen crisis is resolved: Delhi health ministerDelhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the number of beds will be increased in large numbers for coronavirus patients once t...
22 Apr, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Covid-19: Karnataka asks steel mills to step up oxygen production, divert part of it to hospitalsAs on April 14, the number of oxygen-supported beds in Karnataka was 39,549, besides an additional 9,000 ICU beds, beds with ventilators, e...
21 Apr, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
Delhi face 'serious oxygen crisis', most hospitals have stock for 8-12 hrs"Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge the Centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a ...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
JSW Steel offers to provide 400 tonnes of oxygen a day to Karnataka hospitalsAs on April 14, the number of oxygenated beds in Karnataka was 39,549, besides an additional 9,000 ICU beds, beds with ventilators etc. The...
20 Apr, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Telangana halts vaccination owing to supply shortages“The Telangana health officials are in constant talks with the union health ministry officials and ministry seeking Covid-19 vaccine suppli...
18 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Hospitals turning away COVID patients despite bed availability will face action: KejriwalAdmitting that there was shortage of oxygen and ICU beds, as well as medicines needed for serious COVID patients, the chief minister said n...
17 Apr, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Crisis of beds, drugs, O2 cylinders, ventilators... India’s health infra under severe strainMaharashtra, which is adding close to 60,000 cases daily, is short on hospital beds and essential drugs. Even if 15% of these patients requ...
16 Apr, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Maharashtra govt wants pvt hospitals with over 50 beds to set up oxygen generation plantAmid reports of shortage of medical oxygen in Maharashtra, Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that each private hospital in the s...
15 Apr, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Covid-19: Mumbaiites rent oxygen cylinders, wait for ICU beds“We have got two oxygen cylinders in our society, we decided to get it after seeing how people are being turned away from hospitals due to ...
27 May, 2020, 03.33 PM IST