Smaller Gurugram hospitals, nursing homes feel suffocated

Only registered facilities will be entitled to get oxygen refill, says administration

“We need oxygen cylinders every 15-30 minutes depending on the condition of the patient. We cannot have proper sleep at night, because we need to arrange cylinders. It is not the job of the doctor, but we do it because we are answerable,” said Renu Yadav who is running Aarvy Hospital here. Though top hospitals in Gurugram have been grappling with shortage of liquid oxygen supply with sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, the smaller hospitals and nursing homes, with fewer patients too, are equally impacted. “Everybody is having the same problem. The situation is the same everywhere. The oxygen condition is very bad. It is beyond imagination. It has, in fact, worsened over the past three-four days,” said Dr. Yadav. She has 47 COVID-19 patients at her hospital. Dr. Yadav said that they had written several emails and also tried to reach out to Chief Minister Manohar Lal, but nothing happened.