Lucknow: Covid patients struggle for hospital beds as kin line up outside oxygen refilling centres

Long queues were seen outside oxygen refilling centres in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow as relatives of Covid patients rushed to arrange oxygen amid shortage at hospitals.

Long queues amid a shortage of beds, vaccines and oxygen have left various hospitals and centres high and dry in recent months. At this time of crisis, oxygen refilling centres have come to the rescue of those struggling with the virus. Serpentine queues are being witnessed across oxygen refilling centres in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow as people rush to arrange oxygen for their relatives amid shortage at hospitals. India Today TV visited one such centre near Talkatora where locals standing in the queue said that hospital authorities were straight away denying admitting Covid patients, saying that they will be allowed entry only after there's oxygen supply at the hospital.