Oxygen cylinders looted by some people at Damoh hospital in Madhya Pradesh

Oxygen cylinders looted by some people at Damoh hospital in Madhya Pradesh

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ack of oxygen has emerged as a major problem amidst the havoc of Corona in the country. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab to Uttar Pradesh is struggling with this problem. As the number of corona infected increases, the demand for oxygen is also increasing rapidly. Many states have appealed to the central government to provide oxygen. The situation in Madhya Pradesh is also very serious. Hospitals in many districts, including the capital Bhopal, are struggling with a lack of oxygen. The situation has become such that a case of looting of oxygen cylinders has come to light in Damoh.

People robbed oxygen cylinders from Damoh's district hospital on Tuesday night. The district collector said, As soon as the oxygen cylinder truck arrived, some people grabbed the oxygen cylinder and carried it to their patients. However, an adequate amount of oxygen was available in the hospital. A case is being registered against such people by identifying them.

At the same time, there is a problem of empty oxygen cylinders in some states. Almost all districts in Uttar Pradesh have complaints of lack of oxygen. There are also complaints of lack of oxygen in Amritsar and Jalandhar in Punjab. There is no shortage of oxygen in Chhattisgarh. The precautionary government has banned the industrial supply of oxygen from all 29 plants in the state. It is being supplied only to hospitals.