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Anticipating the repercussions of the COVID-19 third wave, the Delhi University (DU) will set up a COVID-19 facility with 400 beds. The university will also convert one of its campus hostels for an extra 200 beds. DU has obtained 500 pulse oximeters, 100 thermal scanners, and an oxygen plant that can fill 50-80 cylinders per day. Janki Devi Memorial College and Hansraj College have also offered their infrastructure to set up beds.

Actor-cum-philanthropist Sonu Sood has pledged to install 18 oxygen plants across India, starting from Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool and Nellore, and Karnataka's Mangalore. The plants will be installed in hospitals giving free treatment to poor people in Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, MP, and Uttarakhand among others. "My team and I thought about what we should do to eradicate this oxygen problem from its roots," said Sonu.… read-more

Health experts have debunked the viral social media post claiming camphor increases the oxygen level. Calling it a myth, Dr Tushar Rane of Apollo Spectra Hospital said there is no concrete evidence of the same. He added, "It can give a soothing, comforting effect in patients suffering from respiratory illnesses to some extent, but does not increase the oxygen levels." Notably, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also shared the post.

The Supreme Court on April 27 permitted Vedanta Ltd to run its Tamil Nadu-based Tuticorin plant only for producing medical grade oxygen. Creating a committee under the Tuticorin collector, the apex court asked to conduct safety audit before production. However, the court explicitly disallowed Vedanta to operate its copper smelting plant, closed since three years due to pollution. Notably, Vedanta’s shares increased by over 2% after the… read-more

Around 25 critical COVID-19 patients died in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital due to oxygen shortage. A source from the hospital raised concerns about the dwindling oxygen supplies as the deceased patients were on high-flow oxygen support. Meanwhile, another said that due to ventilator and Bipap malfunction, the patients were switched to manual ventilation in ICUs. One of Delhi’s biggest private medical facility, Ganga Ram has 700+ COVID… read-more