The Pune district administration, which has appointed 111 two-member squads to conduct oxygen audits in hospitals across the district, has found rampant misuse of the lifesaving gas. “The demand and supply position of oxygen in Pune district is stable now. Hospitals in Pune district are not experiencing shortage of the life-saviour,” Additional Collector Vijaysinh Deshmukh told The Indian Express on Tuesday. District officials said they were able to stabilise the situation after panic in hospitals over oxygen shortage. During the initial oxygen audits, rampant misuse of oxygen was found, which was the main reason behind the oxygen shortage in hospitals, said Deshmukh.

Source: Indian Express May 12, 2021 06:40 UTC