'Delhi Hospitals left with few hours of oxygen': Kejriwal ask centre for 'urgent' help

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal once again expressed deep concern over reports of oxygen crisis in city hospitals, saying on Tuesday that "hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen."

"Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I again urge centre to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a few hours of oxygen," Kejriwal tweeted on Tuesday evening.

"Chaired a review meeting with officials over the Covid-19 situation in Delhi. We're working at war footing to ensure oxygen supply in hospitals and also talking to the central government. A mega effort is also on to increase the number of beds in hospitals," read tweet posted by the chief minister, translated roughly into English.

He had earlier made a similar appeal to the Centre, saying that hospitals in the national capital are running low on oxygen as well as ICU beds.

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia also took to Twitter to red flag the oxygen crisis in Delhi, saying that SOS calls are coming in from several hospitals over short supply.
"People supplying oxygen are being stopped in different states. There should be no jungle raj between states on the supply of oxygen. For this, the central government will have to be very sensitive and active," Sisodia said.

In a separate tweet, Sisodia attached a list of hospitals in the national capital where only a few hours of oxygen supply is left.

"In most hospitals in Delhi, oxygen is available only for the next 8 to 12 hours. We have been demanding for one week to increase the oxygen supply quota to Delhi, which the central government has to do," Sisodia said.