FILE PHOTO: Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New DelhiNEW DELHI - The main problem is that medical oxygen is not reaching hospital beds in time. This delay is a product of where production units are located, a stretched distribution network, and what critics have said is bad planning.
To fulfil Delhi's current needs, additional medical oxygen now has to be trucked in from industrial zones in eastern India.The facilities from where Delhi will now receive oxygen are spread across seven states, some more than 1,000 km away, according to a court document. In part due to such blockades, Delhi only received about 177 tonnes of oxygen on Wednesday against its allocation of 378 tonnes, an official said.
India's total medical oxygen demand was just 3,842 tonnes as of April 12, as the surge in cases really took hold.
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