City requires six tonnes of medical oxygen per week Tough time if patients requiring oxygen increase Mysore/Mysuru: Amid a rising COVID curve, fear of oxygen shortage looms large over private and government hospitals in city. They are facing scarcity of medical oxygen since the last one week. The situation is likely to become grim in…
Breathe Easy…No scarcity of Oxygen at Doddaspathre
November 15, 2020By Shyam Sundar Vattam The importance of oxygen was understood when Corona positive patients in serious condition scrambled for oxygenated beds both in Government and Private Hospitals. A number of patients died of breathlessness due to non-availability of oxygen. More than doing other things, first…
Karnataka signs MoU with Gujarat companies for oxygen supply
September 20, 2020Bengaluru: In the wake of reports of shortage of oxygen, the State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat-based companies for the supply of oxygen, said Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he claimed there is no shortage of oxygen. But as a precaution, the Karnataka…
Govt. issues oxygen therapy guidelines amid COVID-19 surge
August 23, 2020Bengaluru: Amid surge of Coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the State Health Department has recognised that unnecessary excessive oxygen therapy is being administered to patients, compelling it to issue guidelines on use of the gas, an official said yesterday. In the event of oxygen saturation level being greater than or equal to 94 percent in a…
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