Oxygen Concentrators Lying With Customs, High Court Demands Details

Monday, 3 May 2021Newsdesk

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to provide details of oxygen concentrators that are lying with the customs department pending clearance, by 3 pm today. Amid the terrible oxygen crisis in Delhi, triggered by the savage second wave of coronavirus, oxygen concentrators are hugely sought after medical equipment by hospitals running short of oxygen and patients on home isolation.

New Delhi, 03 May 2021

As per news report of NDTV, nearly 40 deaths across several hospitals of the city have been put down to the shortage. Twelve people died at the Batra hospital on Saturday when oxygen ground to a halt for 80 minutes. One of the patients was a doctor. Twenty-five people had died last week.

Source -NDTV