NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Saturday to review steps taken to boost oxygen availability in the country amid a surge in covid infections, with hospital beds and medicines running out. Finance minister, commerce and industry minister, health minister, Member NITI Aayog, Dr Randeep Guleria, and secretaries of the department of revenue, health and DPIIT, among others, participated in the meeting. Several other hospitals continued to send SOS signals social media seeking help in procuring medical oxygen. Similarly, Max healthcare also tweeted, “Less than 2 hour's Oxygen supplies at Max Hospital Gurugram and attached Dedicated Covid Centre. The items include medical grade oxygen, oxygen cannister, storage tanks, filling systems, containers, transport tanks, oxygen generators and ventilators with nasal canula.

Source: Mint April 24, 2021 11:15 UTC