Page 18 - Oxygen

Covid-19 crisis: NDMC preparing 50 beds with piped oxygen facility at RBIPMT

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation is preparing 50 beds with piped oxygen facility for Covid patients at the Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis in GTB Nagar.

Customs duty on Covid vaccine, oxygen, equipment exempted till July-end

Move comes amid an intensifying second wave of Covid-19 in the country

Kejriwal sends SOS to CMs of other states to help with oxygen for Delhi

Move came on a day 20 Covid-19 patients died at a private hospital as it was waiting for its oxygen to be replenished

Six patients die at Amritsar hospital allegedly due to oxygen shortage

Lapse prompts the Punjab authorities to order a probe into the incident

Covid-19 crisis: Startups step up efforts to assist in oxygen delivery

From crowdfunding to buy Oxygen concentrators to flying charters for bringing equipment and other essential supplies, startups do their bit

Four cryogenic tanks for transportation of oxygen brought from Singapore

IAF on Saturday brought four cryogenic tanks, to be used for transporting oxygen, from Singapore as the country scrambles to meet the spike in demand for medical oxygen amid a surge in Covid-19

Delhi allotted more oxygen than the quota it had asked: Harsh Vardhan

Amid complaints of oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said it is the state government's responsibility to rationalise and plan for it

Oxygen Express with three tankers of medical O2 arrives in Uttar Pradesh

An Oxygen Express train carrying three tankers of liquid medical oxygen arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning via a green corridor as the state battled a surge in Covid-19 cases

Kejriwal writes to his counterparts, urges them to provide oxygen to Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged his counterparts in other states to provide oxygen to the national capital

Covid-19: Special corridor facilitated for oxygen supply to Delhi hospitals

The Delhi Police on Saturday created a green corridor and helped Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in the eastern part of the national capital to get an oxygen tanker, officials said

Punjab shuts iron and steel industries to divert oxygen for medical use

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered the shutdown of operations in the state's iron and steel industries to divert oxygen for medical use

Limited industrial oxygen supplies to temporarily impact 5 sectors: Crisil

Metal fabrication, automotive components, ship-breaking, paper and engineering sectors are likely to suffer, according to global analytics firm Crisil

Covid-19: ITC helps in easing oxygen crisis, ties up with Linde India

In addition, ITC is airlifting a large number of oxygen concentrators for distribution, its paperboards unit in Bhadrachalam has commenced supply of oxygen to neighbouring areas

Admission in AIIMS emergency disrupted briefly amid O2 pipeline maintenance

Admissions to the emergency department of the AIIMS were restricted for around an hour as the oxygen pipelines were being reorganised due to an increased demand

Long queues outside BHEL to get oxygen cylinders refilled in Madhya Pradesh

Amid acute shortage of medical oxygen due to a surge in coronavirus cases, vehicles and individuals are queuing up outside the BHEL's plant here to get the empty cylinders refilled

Kejriwal spending crores on publicity, nothing to augment O2 supply: Maken

The Congress on Saturday accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of spending crores on publicity but doing nothing in the past one year to augment oxygen storage capacity in the national capital

TN govt sets up 24x7 call centre to resolve hospitals' oxygen supply issues

Call centre has been set up to resolve 'any issues' faced by hospitals related to supply of medical oxygen and health facilities, said the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday

Oxygen crisis: Hospitals in Delhi use back up stock as situation worsens

Amid deepening crisis over the scarcity of oxygen, several hospitals in the national capital have been left with no option but to use their back up stock

Amit Shah inaugurates PSA oxygen plant at Covid-19 hospital in Gujarat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated a 280-litre per minute capacity PSA oxygen plant at a Covid-19-designated hospital at Kolavada in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

Covid-19: Kerala increases oxygen production amid raging coronavirus crisis

Kerala has increased its production of oxygen from 99.39 metric tonnes in April last year to 219 metric tonnes in April this year