The hospitals in the national Capital have been grappling with shortage in oxygen supply amid a huge surge in Covid-19 cases and many times these hospitals receive supply at the very last moment.
Batra Hospital in the national Capital's Tughlakabad Institutional Area received emergency oxygen supply from the Delhi Government moments after it exhausted its stock.
Several hospital authorities said that doctors are feeling so helpless as after every few hours they have another oxygen crisis and the administration started making frantic calls.
Executive Director of Batra Hospital, Sudhanshu Bankata, said the healthcare facility exhausted its oxygen stock at around 9 am.
"Just now, we received an emergency supply from the Delhi Government. It will last another one-and-a-half hours. Our supplier has not been responding to calls," he said.
There are around 350 patients admitted in the hospital, of which 265 are COVID-19 positive and 30 are in the ICU.
In a similar situation, Apollo hospital received supply after UP police created a green corridor for Oxygen carrying vehicle.
"Thank you UP Govt and UP Police for timely assistance and arranging a dedicated green channel for transportation of liquid oxygen for our #Covid-19 patients admitted at Indraprastha Apollo Delhi. This will greatly assist us in our fight against the second wave of the #pandemic," Apollo Hospital tweeted.
"Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has 29 patients on invasive ventilation. To run ventilators oxygen reservoir should be 3000 cubic meters. We are getting supplies of 500 to 1500 cubic meters only . We have 516 covid patients , 129 in icu and 29 patients on invasive ventilation. These 29 patients due to less supplies are on manual ventilation since midnight. This can not go for long . Staff is getting exhausted," the hospital said in a statement.
"Today morning , our oxygen had almost finished when they gave 1.5 tons which is now at 0.7 tons , which will last for one hour only . Yesterday it was given in writing that INOX will start giving 9000 cubic meters from midnight . Inspite of being in crisis since 4 am , INOX did not fulfill its commitment and just supplied 1.5 tons at 5:30am," it said.
However, the hospital administration said thay it has received supply of 2.5 tonnes of Oxygen which will last for 4 to 5 hrs.