Struggle is real: Indian hospitals left gasping for oxygen as coronavirus cases, deaths rise
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The central government has directed states to ensure uninterrupted production and supply of medical oxygen and its transport along inter-state borders. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)As India continued to record huge numbers of new COVID-19 infections, hospitals in the national capital and other major cities complained of 'dangerously low levels of oxygen that is needed for critically ill patients. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)As India continued to record huge numbers of new COVID-19 infections, hospitals in the national capital and other major cities complained of 'dangerously low levels of oxygen that is needed for critically ill patients. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)2,263 more people succumbed to the infection, taking the nationwide toll to 1,86,920, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)A family member of a COVID-19 patient carries an oxygen cylinder for refilling at Mayapuri, as demand for the gas rises due. (Photo | PTI)A notice outside Shanti Mukund Hospital, declaring that oxygen has been exhausted. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)COVID-19 patients left to share beds and medical oxygen at LLR Hospital in Kanpur, amid a shortage in supplies due to surging coronavirus cases across the country. (Photo | PTI)A Covid-19 patient waits for admission outside the Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)Family members of COVID-19 patients desparately wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen in Kanpur. (Photo | PTI)Relatives of COVID-19 patients enquire about the availability of medical oxygen cylinders at a filling center, as demand for the gas rose due to a spike in coronavirus cases, in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)
