: How many oxygen concentrators are waiting for clearance at Customs, Delhi HC asks Centre #IndiaNEWS The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to provide details of oxygen concentrators that are

How many oxygen concentrators are waiting for clearance at Customs, Delhi HC asks Centre #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to provide details of oxygen concentrators that are stuck at the customs department for clearance, reported Bar and Bench.The directive came after senior advocate Krishnan Venugopal told the High Court that 3,000 oxygen concentrators belonging to the Max Hospital were stuck with the customs department. Advocate Amit Mahajan, appearing for the Centre, replied that the number of concentrators is dynamic and 48,000 such consignments have been cleared. To this, the High Court sought details on the oxygen concentrations waiting for clearance.The court is hearing petitions related to the coronavirus situation and the supply of medical oxygen in the national Capital.A devastating second wave of coronavirus in India has led to widespread shortages of medical oxygen and medicines in Delhi. On Sunday, a children’s hospital was among at least three institutions that raised an alarm that it was running out of oxygen. On April 30, as many as 12 patients, including a senior doctor, had died at Batra Hospital due to oxygen shortage.The Delhi High Court had warned the Centre of contempt proceedings if it failed to supply the 490 metric tonnes of oxygen a day allocated to the national Capital. The Supreme Court, which has taken up a suo motu case on the handling...Read more

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