Page 19 - Oxygen

India to import over 10,000 oxygen concentrators as Covid-19 crisis deepens

To fulfill oxygen demand in the country, the government has tied up with many private companies to import their oxygen concentrators to India to meet the increasing demand for oxygen

O2 crisis: Ganga Ram hospital asks govt to consider reducing patient intake

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Saturday asked the government to consider reducing patient intake amid a deepening oxygen crisis in Delhi

Oxygen shortage: High Court asks Delhi govt to setup its own O2 plant

The Delhi High Court on Saturday asked Delhi government to set up its own oxygen plant and said that a smooth and fully allocated supply of oxygen to Delhi can resolve many problems

Hospitals left helpless as Delhi gasps for oxygen amid Covid-19 surge

An unprecedented surge in Covid cases has left several hospitals in Delhi desperate for oxygen

Oxygen crisis: ITC ties up with Linde India to import cryogenic containers

Diversified group ITC on Saturday said it has tied up with Linde India Ltd to import 24 cryogenic containers to transport medical oxygen

'We're calling it wave, it's actually tsunami': Delhi HC on Covid crisis

The court also told the Delhi govt to give it one instance of who was obstructing the oxygen supply and said 'we will hang that man'

Delhi hospitals raise SOS signal over oxygen shortage, seek help from govt

More hospitals in the national capital continued to send out SOS calls reporting shortage of oxygen and sought help from authorities to ensure supply

IAF transports 2 trucks with liquid oxygen from Pune to Gujarat's Jamnagar

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday transported two container trucks of liquid oxygen from Pune to Gujarat's Jamnagar

Cryogenic tanks for transporting oxygen being airlifted from Singapore: MHA

Amid the grim Covid-19 situation in the country, four cryogenic tanks, to be used for the transportation of oxygen, is being airlifted from Singapore on Saturday

Maharashtra: Oxygen Express reaches Nashik, four tankers unloaded

The first Oxygen Express carrying liquid medical oxygen tankers from Visakhapatnam reached Nashik in Maharashtra on Saturday morning. The train reached Nasik Road station at 10.25 am, where four tankers were unloaded, the Central Railway (CR) said in a statement. Tweeting about it, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal said, "'Oxygen Express' train loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers from Vizag has reached Nashik. 4 Oxygen tankers have been unloaded to provide additional oxygen to the patients." Of the seven tankers filled with liquid medical oxygen, three were unloaded in Nagpur after the train arrived there at 8.10 pm on Friday. After its departure from there, the train reached Nashik in 12 hours, the CR said. The train was carrying 100 tonnes of medical liquid oxygen from Rashtriya IspatNigam Ltd in Vishakhapatnam, from where it had begun its journey on April 22. "Railways took the movement of Oxygen Express as a challenge and successfully ran the first Oxygen .

Oxygen shortage: Six patients die at Covid-19 hospital in Punjab's Amritsar

Six patients died at a private hospital here on Saturday due to the shortage of oxygen, hospital authorities said

Covid-19 crisis: Hospitals scrape bottom of barrel as oxygen runs out

Not just patients, social media is seeing cries of help from big hospitals which have often been left with just a few hours of supply

20 patients die in Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital amid oxygen scarcity

The hospital received the last refill of oxygen around midnight, after hours of delay

Tata, Linde procure 24 oxygen transport tanks in Germany, await airlifting

On April 21, the Tata Group had stated that it is 'committed to doing is much as possible to strengthen the fight against Covid-19' and to 'mitigate the oxygen crisis'

Second wave: 1,000 tankers out on long road as patients gasp for breath

Not about supply of oxygen alone, it's also about transportation and storage

PM asks India Inc to step up oxygen supply, calls for united effort

He urged the industry to utilise tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply

PM Modi pulls up CM Kejriwal for televising meeting on Covid situation

During the meeting, Kejriwal warned that a dire tragedy could be on the cards as major hospitals face oxygen shortage

Covid-19: India gas maker shares jump amid shortage of life-saving oxygen

Supplies of medical oxygen, essential in many cases to treat seriously ill patients, have been depleted as hospitals around India have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases

Nashik tragedy: Pune hospitals asked to conduct oxygen supply system audit

In the wake of the oxygen leak tragedy in Nashik that claimed 22 lives, the authorities in Pune have asked all the hospitals to conduct a third-party safety audit of the oxygen supply system

Oxygen crisis: 25 Covid-19 patients die at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Lives of another 60 such patients are at risk, officials said on Friday amid a serious oxygen crisis unfolding in the national capital