: What it takes to find and fill an oxygen cylinder in Delhi – nothing less than nerves of steel #IndiaNEWS On a sweltering May afternoon, Lalit Kohli stood in a queue outside the gate of an oxygen

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What it takes to find and fill an oxygen cylinder in Delhi – nothing less than nerves of steel #IndiaNEWS
On a sweltering May afternoon, Lalit Kohli stood in a queue outside the gate of an oxygen refilling plant in the industrial area of Mayapuri, West Delhi, lugging a 47-litre empty cylinder with him. He looked exhausted. He had just driven 110 km from Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. Nearly a fortnight ago, his uncle, Prem Chand Kohli, 46, had started feeling breathless. A resident of Pitampura in North West Delhi, he was taken by his family to the neighbouring Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital, but there were no vacant beds. The private hospital gave him oxygen in their emergency ward, but urged the family to take him elsewhere. “They said treatment was not possible and that his condition was critical,??? recalled Lalit Kohli, 29, who also lives in Pitampura and works as an IT professional in the city. The next two days were spent looking for a hospital bed in Delhi. “The helplines were not working,??? said Lalit Kohli. “I called the SDM [sub-divisional magistrate] of my area, he said there is no bed available in Delhi.???The family then called up their relatives in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh and found that a private hospital there was admitting Covid-19 patients. Lalit Kohli drove his uncle 110 kms...Read more

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