Desperate for medical oxygen, Indian hospitals go to court as a last resort

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A court in India's capital New Delhi has become the last hope for many hospitals struggling to get oxygen for COVID-19 patients as supplies run dangerously short.

On Sunday, with just 30 minutes of oxygen left for 42 virus patients at Sitaram Bhartia hospital, and new supplies nowhere in sight, hospital authorities approached the Delhi court as a"last resort" for help, lawyer Shyel Trehan said."Oxygen cylinders arrived soon after the hearing, and a tank arrived a few hours later," Ms Trehan said.

With 3.45 million active cases, India recorded 357,229 new infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,449 to 222,408, health ministry data showed. I just want to make it clear that a lockdown is now the only option because of a complete lack of strategy by GOI. Representatives of Mr Modi's government, which is managing supplies nationally, have told the court they were doing all that is possible, and blamed the Delhi government, run by a rival party, for politicising the issue.

He said the state"cannot say 'We can provide only this much and no more,' so if people die, let them die".'Like water for fish' On Sunday, one lawyer broke into arguments to say his hospital had just one hour of oxygen supplies left, while simultaneously another person pleaded that patients could"start dying" at his facility.

 

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