Major private hospitals in Chennai keep a watch on oxygen supply
The Hindu
‘We expect severe shortage within the next 10 to 15 days’
Major private hospitals in Chennai are keeping a close watch on their oxygen supply. Faced with last-minute supplies, some are feeling the heat and are apprehensive about an oxygen shortage in the coming weeks. The steady rise in daily COVID-19 cases has led to an increase in infrastructural requirements in hospitals, with beds and oxygen supply being the most crucial. Navin Gnanasekaran, associate director of medical services, MGM Healthcare, said, “So far, oxygen supply is holding. Day to day, we are getting information from our biomedical department that vendors are supplying at the last minute. We are expecting severe oxygen shortage in Chennai within the next 10 to 15 days. Unless we can bring down the active cases by way of a lockdown, it is going to be a supply versus demand problem.”More Related News