Open air ICU: Covid patients on stretchers lie outside Delhi's GTB Hospital

When Aaj Tak visited the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital at Dilshad Garden in Delhi, Covid patients were seen camping in the open outside the dedicated Covid hospital with no doctors or hospital staff around.

The plight of Delhi hospitals in the second wave of Covid-19 has thrown some shocking images over the past few weeks. While most hospitals in Delhi have been sending out SOS messages crying for urgent oxygen supply, outside the GTB Hospital it's an open-air ICU with patients seen lying in the hospital courtyard. Why are patients lying on stretchers outside one of the most prominent hospitals in Delhi? India Today's @KumarKunalmedia reports from outside GTB hospitalMore #ReporterDiary: https://t.co/FAHzdk9TO8#COVID19 #CoronavirusPandemic #Coronavirus #Delhi pic.twitter.com/Z6TzZmDZ6k Delhi hospitals, including the likes of top facilities like the Ganga Ram Hospital and Max Hospital, have been crying for immediate oxygen supply on a daily basis and sending out SOS messages to the Centre, Delhi government and citizen groups. The Ganga Ram Hospital on Thursday morning said that 25 of its sickest patients have perished in the past 24 hours while 60 others are at risk. Max Hospital, on the other hand, said that over 700 Covid-19 patients at its facilities are at risk with oxygen stocks running out.