Small private hospitals getting only 50% of oxygen: PHANA to HC
It claimed that govt. has inventory of Remdesivir however hospitals are getting only 25% of the requirement
The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA) on Tuesday alleged earlier than the High Court of Karnataka that the federal government is supplying only 25% of the Remdesivir injections of the full requirement to private hospitals treating COVID-19 sufferers.
While claiming that private hospitals and nursing properties, significantly medium and small ones, are ready to procure only 50% of the oxygen required to deal with COVID-19 sufferers by means of private suppliers, PHANA has mentioned {that a} warfare room, created by the federal government to guarantee provide of oxygen, will not be offering any assist to the hospitals.
These submissions have been made by H.M. Prasanna, president of PHANA, earlier than a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar throughout the listening to of PIL petitions on points associated to COVID-19.
To a question by the Bench, Dr. Prasanna mentioned that the federal government has enormous inventory of Remdesivir however it isn’t supplying them to private hospitals and due to this, the hospitals have been rationing the injections by offering it to sufferers with extreme COVID-19 circumstances although each medium and severely contaminated sufferers require it.
To a question on oxygen provide, Dr. Prasanna mentioned that hospitals are ready to get 50% of oxygen whereas clarifying that there isn’t a oxygen provide community arrange both by the State authorities or the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike within the metropolis. “A war room for oxygen supply is unresponsive and they have not provided any help,” he mentioned, whereas declaring that an IAS officer heads this warfare room.
Terming the state of affairs alarming, the Bench requested the federal government to reply on these points whereas noticing from the its assertion that requirement of oxygen for COVID-19 sufferers within the State on April 30 could be 1,471 MT per day and the Centre has agreed to allocate 802 MT per day. The State has capability of producing oxygen of 812 MT/ per day domestically, the federal government knowledgeable the court docket.
Meanwhile, the Bench directed the Union authorities to inform the HC on accommodating COVID-19 sufferers in hospitals of the Armed Forces within the metropolis whereas noticing that Command Hospital has declined to allot any mattress citing that it’s treating COVID-19 sufferers of the Armed Forces from Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.