Hospitals are overburdened because of the increasing cases in the states. India recorded 3.46 lakh cases and 2,624 deaths in the last 24 hours. This highest spike in the number of cases. The country is reporting more than 3 lakh cases daily for the last few days.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharastra, and the national capital New Delhi are the most hit coronavirus places in the country as they have contributed the highest number of covid cases in 24 hours. Despite the increasing cases the hospitals are also witnessing the shortage of medical oxygen and people are losing their lives because of the shortage of oxygen, beds, and ventilators in the hospitals.
The High Court on Wednesday questioned the Central Government's handling of the oxygen crisis. The High Court said, "Why the government is not waking up? We are shocked and dismayed that hospitals are running out of oxygen and the steel plants are running."
The High Court has slammed the Central Government and said, "The country will soon witness Covid tsunami, and we are taking about Covid wave"
Hearing a petition on oxygen supply, the Delhi High Court on Saturday observed that it will "hang" whoever obstructs movement of oxygen.
The observation was made by the bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli during hearing of a plea by Maharaja Agrasen Hospital over shortage of oxygen.
The Delhi High Court said if any official at the central, state or local administration was obstructing in the picking up or supply of oxygen, then it would "hang" that person. It said whoever obstructs oxygen supply, will not be spared.
On Saturday, Delhi reported the death of around 45 patients due to lack of medical oxygen. About 20 Covid patients died on Friday night at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi due to a low supply of oxygen. The hospital has appealed to the authority in the national capital to arrange oxygen at the earliest. And six patients die due to the oxygen crisis in Amritsar’s Neelkanth Hospital