OXYGEN SHORTAGE

The raid came after troops had besieged Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis for nearly a week, with staff, patients and others inside struggling under heavy fire and dwindling supplies, including food and water. Hours before troops s...

The parliamentary committee on Health and Family Welfare has recommended the Union Health Ministry "audit deaths due to oxygen shortage", especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable robust documentation of the mort...

"The ministry must meticulously examine the oxygen-stricken Covid deaths and ensure that proper compensation is accorded to the families of the victims," the panel said, adding it expected more transparency and accountability from government agencie...

The government maintains data of COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by states and union territories. Accordingly, the Union government has requested states and union territories to furnish details of suspected deaths due to oxygen shortage, Pawar sa...

The reply was similar to the one given on July 20. It had triggered a political storm as the Opposition alleged the Centre was trying to hide facts.

Pawar informed the House that health is a state subject but the Government of India has maintained data of total cases and deaths reported by states and Union Territories on a regular basis.

Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the ministry had sent several letters to state governments and reminders but only Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh had replied.

Punjab has sent an email saying that four deaths suspected to be due to lack of oxygen have been reported in a private hospital in Amritsar district, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply. He was responding to a question on...

The plea, filed by a Delhi resident, has also urged the apex court to direct a court-monitored inquiry by the CBI or any other investigating agency in the matter relating to non-availability of medical oxygen in the months of March to May this year.

The train with 10 containers departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow. "First liquid oxygen tanker on rails 200 metric tonnes to Bangladesh loaded from Tatanagar, should reach tomorrow ...

Doctors handling Covid-19 patients told ET that during the second Covid-19 wave, the health infrastructure was overwhelmed, and it was an “unprecedented situation” where the medical fraternity witnessed beds and oxygen running out.

This comes after the Central government on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen has been specifically reported by states/Union territories during the second wave of COVID-19. Speaking to ANI, M Subramaniam said, "The...

The state government had previously appointed IAS officer Shivayogi Kalasad, the managing director of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, as an investigating officer to probe the matter within three days.

He also said that as of Sunday, the national capital "received 440 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen, which was lesser than the allocated quota of 590 MT and much lesser than Delhi's requirement of 976 MT". The Centre on Saturday had raised the city's da...

Eight COVID-19 patients, including the HOD of gastroenterology department, of Batra Hospital here died due to oxygen shortage, officials said on Saturday. We are trying to revive five other critical patients, said Dr S C L Gupta.

Hospitals said while they could not increase the number of ICUs and ventilators in a short time, they were trying to add more oxygen lines to support as many patients as possible. With about 192,000 active cases, Bengaluru has the highest Covid-19 c...

“The Delhi government is directed to file report on number of deaths taking place on account of shortage of oxygen in hospitals and nursing homes. It should include name of the patient, ward number, time of death and reason,” a bench of Justices Vip...

Amid shortage of Oxygen in the national capital, 44 Oxygen cylinders were delivered to NKS Super Specialty Hospital on April 25. On learning about the crisis, Gulabi Bagh Police came into action and arranged the Oxygen cylinders from Bawana. Delhi o...

Doctors have taken to social media to highlight oxygen shortage, as state governments knock high courts to streamline equitable oxygen distribution.