Gangaram Hospital Crisis call: No oxygen cylinders to transport patients to ICUs

Gangaram Hospital Crisis call: No oxygen cylinders to transport patients to ICUs

Gangaram Hospital Crisis call: No oxygen cylinders to transport patients to ICUs

New Delhi : Crisis at Delhi’s hospitals continued on Monday with Gangaram hospital sending out a morning SOS to the centre and the state saying it had no oxygen cylinders left to shift patients to the ICU.

oxygen cylinders at Gangaram hospital.

"There is an Oxygen Cylinders Crisis at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Hospital has 104 oxygen cylinders, which are used for transferring extremely sick Covid patients from Covid emergency to ICU and from Wards to ICU in case of emergency. This is happening very frequently currently with many sick patients being admitted. All 104 cylinders have been sent three days back to three different locations for emergency refill. For last three days our staff and transport is camping there. But to no avail,” hospital said.

Gangaram Hospital Crisis call: No oxygen cylinders to transport patients to ICUs

Gangaram Hospital Crisis call: No oxygen cylinders to transport patients to ICUs

The authorities said currently they were on “beg and borrow mode” and it is an extremely crisis situation.

“Hospital has arranged two cylinders, which are also going to finish quickly. It is getting extremely difficult and risky to shift patients.  Kindly help,” said chairman DS Rana.