Seven Covid Patients In Meerut Dead, Hospitals Say No Oxygen

Three Covid patients died at a private hospital -- Anand hospital in Meerut. Another four died at the KMC hospital. The doctors have attributed the deaths to oxygen shortage.

At least seven Covid patients have died in two hospitals of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the doctors have attributed the deaths to a severe shortage of oxygen. Three Covid patients died at a private hospital -- Anand hospital – in Meerut. Another four died at the KMC hospital. As Covid cases spike in the country's most populous state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has repeatedly asserted that there is no oxygen shortage in the state. Sources, however, said several hospitals in Meerut – 24 km from Delhi -- have asked patients' families to arrange for oxygen. Dr Subhash Yadav, the Medical Superintendent of Anand Hospital, said the oxygen shortage has been "continuous". "We need 400 cylinders every day, but we are getting only 90," he said, disclosing that the hospital has been forced to turn away critical patients who need high-pressure oxygen.