25 ‘sickest patients’ die at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi amid oxygen shortage

25 COVID-19 patients died at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi in the last 24 hours, the hospital director said on Friday. “25 sickest patients have died in last 24 hrs at the hospital. Oxygen will last another 2 hours. Ventilators and Bipap not working effectively. Need Oxygen to be airlifted urgently,” Director medical of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said.

He added that 60 other patients are at risk as the hospital continues to battle oxygen shortage.

Earlier on Friday, 13 COVID-19 patients died in a fire at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday.

There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU, when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.

TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the hospital.