Reeling under oxygen crisis, 25 critical COVID patients die in Delhi's Gangaram, hospital sends SOS
"Lives of another 60 'sickest' patients at risk. Major crisis likely," a senior official at the hospital said.;
New Delhi: Twenty-five "sickest" COVID-19 patients have died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here in the last 24 hours, and the lives of another 60 such patients are at risk, officials said on Friday, amid a serious oxygen crisis unfolding in the national capital.
Sources said, "low-pressure oxygen" could be the likely cause of the deaths.
A central government source said the SGRH has "sufficient balance of oxygen and a tanker has reached the hospital, which will fill up the storage capacity".
The tanker reached the hospital around 9.20 am. The stock can last up to five hours, depending on the consumption, an official at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said.
"All we need is an uninterrupted and timely supply of the oxygen," SGRH Chairman Dr DS Rana said.
There are more than 500 coronavirus patients, including around 150 on high flow oxygen support, admitted in SGRH located in central Delhi.
"Ventilators and BiPAP machines are not working effectively. Lives of another 60 'sickest' patients at risk. Major crisis likely," a senior official at the hospital said.
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