"How Long After Patient Dies...?" Hospital Hits Out At Delhi Government

"Yesterday the Deputy Chief Minister made a statement that hospitals are making unnecessary SoS calls. Should hospitals wait without oxygen? How long after a patient dies should hospitals issue SoS?" questioned the Jaipur Golden hospital.

Delhi hospitals that have approached the High Court on oxygen shortage have taken strong exception to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's tweets yesterday that asked hospitals not to raise "unnecessary alarm" when they still have oxygen stocks. "Yesterday the Deputy Chief Minister made a statement that hospitals are making unnecessary SoS calls. Should hospitals wait without oxygen?  How long after a patient dies should hospitals issue SoS?" questioned the Jaipur Golden hospital. The private hospital, located in Delhi, lost 25 patients over the weekend, officials had blamed oxygen shortage for the deaths. In a series of tweets, Mr Sisodia had mentioned two instances where hospitals that still had oxygen stocks had flagged a shortage. Without naming the hospitals, he said in one case the hospital had 72 hours' oxygen supply left. Another hospital had contacted the government after consuming one-third of its stock.