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Oxygen Tank Leak At Nashik Hospital Kills 22 COVID Patients On Ventilator
In a heart-wrenching incident, 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilators suffocated to death in Nashik’s Zakir Hussain Hospital on April 21. Reportedly, the accident happened due to oxygen leak in the cylinders supplying oxygen to the patients on ventilator. Confirming the deaths, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said a probe would be ordered into the incident. Some relatives of deceased alleged that lowered supply of oxygen supply caused the… read-more
Tags: oxygen, Nashik , Maharashtra , Leaked, Oxygen leak
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Delhi To Turn Commonwealth Games Village, Schools Into COVID Centres
Delhi government on April 17 announced to turn the Commonwealth games village and some schools into COVID Care Centres. Reportedly, the makeshift arrangement will facilitate 6,000 beds with oxygen facilities. With increasing number of cases, Delhi is facing a crisis to facilitate COVID-19 patients as about 24,000 cases were registered on April 17. Moreover, CM Kejriwal urged the Centre to provide at least 7,000 beds for COVID-19 in the… read-more
Tags: CM Arvind Kejriwal, COVID-19 outbreak, oxygen, Commonwealth Games Village
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Central Govt To Provide Oxygen Supply At Hospitals Under PM Cares Fund
Amid oxygen scarcity at COVID facilities, the government on April 16 announced that over 100 hospitals will receive oxygen plants funded by the PM cares funds. Reportedly, the fund will also sanction the installation of 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants which will facilitate hospitals to develop their own medical oxygen. While several states have been complaining about the shortage of oxygen supply, the government has denied those… read-more
Tags: oxygen, Corona Crisis, PM Cares Fund, Covid Hospital
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Maharashtra: Reliance to Supply 100 Tons of Oxygen to COVID-19 Hospitals
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has started supplying Oxygen from its refinery in Gujarat's Jamnagar to Covid-19 hospitals in the state of Maharashtra. Following an "oxygen scarcity" caused by the increase in Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra will receive 100 tons of oxygen from RIL at no cost. The company is diverting oxygen streams meant for petroleum coke gasification units, after making it suitable for medical use.
Tags: oxygen, Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, Maharashtra , Mumbai Covid-19 Hotspots
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SC Committee Pegs Tree Value At Rs 74,500/Year, Including Oxygen
Acknowledging the cost of oxygen and other by-products provided by trees in their lifetime, a Supreme Court-appointed committee valued the trees at Rs.74,500/annum. The valuation was given by an SC panel created in January 2020 over a PIL challenging West Bengal government's resolution to axe 356 trees for erecting railway over-bridges on NH-112. Moreover, the SC recommended Rs 220 crore for the 50 trees axed for the project under ‘Setu… read-more
Tags: Supreme Court, Trees, oxygen, west bengal government, railway overbridges
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