Page 12 - Oxygen

Augumenting oxygen supply from all sources: Centre tells Gujarat HC

The Centre has told the Gujarat High Court that it is augmenting oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients from all available sources within India

Death of Covid patients due to oxygen crisis 'not less than genocide': HC

The death of Covid-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen is a "criminal act and not less than a "genocide", said that the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday

Delhi Police files 113 FIRs of fraud, black marketing of Covid-19 medicines

Delhi Police has registered 113 FIRs, of which 61 cases pertain to cheating and fraud in name of providing Covid-19 medicines or oxygen, 52 cases related to black-marketing, hoarding or overcharging

Covid-19: No time wasted in allocating relief material, govt clarifies

Says high-burden states with higher caseload are a priority

Raise medical oxygen allocation by 200 MT: Maharashtra to Centre

This could help in better management of the demand for the life-saving gas

End of Covid depends on how we behave, not the virus: Prof K Srinath Reddy

Reddy has vast experience in the healthcare sector and earlier headed the department of cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Listen to the podcast for more

Steel, oil cos become lifeline with oxygen supplies for Covid relief

The country is facing a severe medical oxygen shortage

Mahindra Logistics launches Oxygen on Wheels in Maharashtra

Mahindra Logistics on Tuesday launched, Oxygen on Wheels (O2W), a free service to augment the availability of oxygen by connecting producers with the hospitals and medical centres. The service has been rolled out in cities such as Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chakan, Nasik and Nagpur in Maharashtra with the company deploying around 100 vehicles to overcome the transportation bottleneck with safe and quick transportation to deliver oxygen cylinders on demand, a release said. The service will be helmed by Mahindra Logistics, which is partnering with the administration and local government bodies on this project, Mahindra & Mahindra said. The company also said it is in discussions with the civic administration and government departments to extend the service to other cities as well, including Delhi, which along with other states is facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen. Besides, given the overwhelming response in the past 48 hours, extending this initiative to deliver .

Indian naval ship deployed to transport filled oxygen tankers from Kuwait

An Indian Navy ship set sail to Kuwait on Tuesday to ferry liquid oxygen-filled cryogenic containers to meet the high demand for oxygen in the country

Covid-19: IAF aircraft carrying 450 oxygen cylinders from UK reaches India

An Indian Air Force aircraft, carrying 450 oxygen cylinders each of capacity 46.6 litres from the United Kingdom, reached Chennai early on Tuesday morning.According to Chennai Customs, they completed all customs clearances within fifteen minutes as soon as the first batch of cylinders reached the Chennai International Airport."Indian Air Force flight carrying the first batch of 450 oxygen cylinders from the UK, landed in Chennai International Airport early this morning. Chennai Customs completed all customs clearances within fifteen minutes," said Chennai Customs.Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi expressed gratitude to UK and tweeted: "Showcasing the potential of partnership to fight the pandemic. An IAF aircraft carrying 450 oxygen cylinders arrives in Chennai (India). Grateful to UK for the support."On Monday, IAF had airlifted the first batch of 900 oxygen cylinders offered by the British Oxygen Company. The British Oxygen Company has offered 5,000 ...

Siddaramaiah demands probe into 24 deaths due to O2 shortage in Karnataka

Karnataka Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Monday demanded a judicial probe into the incident where 24 people died in the Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to oxygen shortage."It is not just death. This is murder committed by the government. I demand a judicial probe into these deaths. Let the truth come out," the former Chief Minister said.Taking to Twitter later, Siddaramaiah called for the resignation of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and health minister K Sudhakar for the 'state-sponsored murders'."Series of SOS calls are being received due to lack of oxygen in various hospitals of our State. We don't want to see another Chamarajanagar hospital incident. Every life is precious. To prevent further State sponsored murders, I call for #ResignBSY & #ResignSudhakar," he tweeted.Over 24 patients, including several COVID-19 patients, died at a government hospital in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen.Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has .

SpiceXpress airlifts 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou to New Delhi

SpiceXpress, the air cargo arm of SpiceJet, on Monday transported 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou (China) to New Delhi amid acute shortage of medical oxygen in the country in the wake of massive spike in the number of Coronavirus infection cases pan-India. The airline has airlifted more than 4,400 oxygen concentrators from the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and China in the last two weeks, SpiceJet said in a release. The B737 freighter aircraft, carrying 700 oxygen concentrators, landed in Delhi at 10 am on Monday, it said. SpiceXpress had on April 24 airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators followed by another consignment of 1,000 oxygen concentrators on April 28 from Hong Kong to Delhi. These oxygen concentrators had been ordered by SpiceHealth for emergency use and distribution across India. With a network spanning 63 domestic and 50 international destinations and a fleet of 19 cargo planes, SpiceXpress is capable of flying over 600 tonnes of cargo daily to domestic and internatio

Covid-19 second wave: Can India find a way out of its health nightmare?

The health system in India has broken down, with scarcities in everything from hospital beds to oxygen, says Virologist Shahid Jameel in an interview with Bobby Ghosh

CWG village becomes Delhi's 1st Covid centre with own oxygen plant

Amid the shortage of medical oxygen across the country, Delhi has got its first Covid care centre with its own oxygen plant at the Commonwealth Games village Sports complex

24 dead in Karnataka's district hospital due to oxygen shortage

As many as 24 patients including 23 suffering from COVID-19 died in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital in the last 24 hours, officials said

SC directs Centre to prepare buffer stock of oxygen for use in emergencies

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to prepare a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes in collaboration with states and decentralise the location of the stocks

DRDO delivers 50 oxygen cylinders to Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital

To meet the urgent requirements of Covid-19 patients, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday handed over 50 oxygen cylinders to Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad

Silicon Valley veteran Vinod Khosla pledges $10 million to Indian hospitals

Indian-American billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla pledged USD 10 million for the supply of medical oxygen to hospitals in India. This is in continuation with the Sun Microsystems co-founder's efforts to fund hospitals for oxygen supplies amid a surge in COVID cases in the country. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, he said there was a need to save lives as further delay may end up in more deaths. "For @GiveIndia this isn't enough. They've received requests for 20,000 oxygen concentrators, 15,000 cylinders, 500 ICU beds, 100 ventilators, 10,000-beds COVID centres with requests coming from non-profits & hospitals all across India every day. We need to do a lot more urgently, Khosla said. "The Khosla Family is adding USD 10 million to @GiveIndia to it's previous commitment as a match and hoping others will join in this urgent need," Khosla said. India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 new coronavirus cases being reported daily and hospitals in ...

Covid-19 crisis: IAF airlifts cryogenic oxygen containers from Germany, UK

Bring much-needed relief amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the country, the India Air Force's C-17 aircraft on Sunday airlifted 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Germany to Delhi

Ramp up infra, make all efforts to lift oxygen, Cabinet Secy to Delhi govt

Asks Delhi govt to set up dedicated helpline, make info on beds, drugs and other facilities available on websites