Only 4 Hours' Oxygen At Delhi Hospital, Minister Appeals Piyush Goyal For Help

Delhi, which is struggling to ensure hep to critical patients, logged 28,395 fresh cases and 277 deaths over the last 24 hours.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain flagged a huge oxygen shortage at another key hospital in the city this evening. Guru Teg Bahadur hospital has supplies for only four hours, the minister said. Pointing out that the hospital has more than 500 Covid patients on oxygen, he asked Union minister Piyush Goyal   for help. Acute shortage of oxygen at GTB Hospital. Oxygen may not last beyond 4 hrs. More than 500 corona patients on oxygen. Pl help@PiyushGoyalto restore oxygen supply to avert major crisis. pic.twitter.com/QNMSoWgNTA The city, which is struggling to ensure hep to critical patients, logged 28,395 fresh cases and 277 deaths over the last 24 hours. Mr Goyal -- who handles the industry and railways portfolio -- has been instrumental in sourcing and ferrying oxygen as many states face a shortage. "Acute shortage of oxygen at GTB Hospital. Oxygen may not last beyond 4 hrs. More than 500 corona patients on oxygen. Pl help @PiyushGoyal to restore oxygen supply to avert major crisis," read a tweet by Mr Jain.