An SOS call made by the healthcare personnel of KC General Hospital in Bengaluru to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan has averted a major tragedy and saved 200 lives, that could have arisen due to possible oxygen shortage.
The hospital had placed an order for medical oxygen with the Proxy Air company, located at Bellary to boost its stock of oxygen supply. The company was supposed to deliver the order by 11 PM on Wednesday.
However, when the company’s oxygen tanker did not show up at the hospital even at 11.30 PM on Wednesday, the hospital staff called up the Proxy Air company, only to learn that the tanker had been sent to a private hospital instead.
With a few hours of oxygen supply left, the matter was brought to the attention of Dr. Renuka Prasad, in-charge of the oxygen management at the hospital. As many as 200 Covid-19 patients were being treated at the hospital. She made frantic calls to Proxy Air, but there was no response.
Finally, she called Deputy CM Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, who wasted no time and arranged for oxygen supply with the Universal company. As the situation was grim and expediency was necessary, he contacted Malleshwaram police and arranged for the oxygen to be delivered in a zero traffic corridor.
The staff as well as the Deputy CM worked throughout the night to ensure that a tragedy did not occur.
“I worked in collaboration with the police to ensure the quick supply, while the hospital staff attended to the patients’, Ashwath Narayan said.
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