PGIMER alleged Chandigarh administration had blocked its access to oxygen, while the latter accused the premier hospital of 'illegally' accessing supplies beyond its allocation.
Any allocation less than the requested amount will adversely affect the supply, and may result in loss of lives of patients in the state, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said.
The apex court refused to accept the Centre's contention that if every high court start passing orders for allocating oxygen, it will throw the country's supply network haywire.
To mitigate the ban on use of industrial oxygen, the approval process for global manufacturers has been made completely virtual, cutting down the time from six weeks to a few days.
The Israeli embassy said more such flights will bring emergency medical aid, including thousands of oxygen generators, respirators, medications, and additional medical equipment.
The high court also ordered probe into news reports circulating on social media regarding death of Covid patients due to lack of oxygen in Lucknow and Meerut districts.
The two-judge bench rejected the Centre's submission that Delhi was not entitled to 700 metric tonnes of medical oxygen in light of existing medical infrastructure.
In pursuance to the order of the bench, the Delhi government had directed hospitals and nursing homes to send details of patients whose death occurred due to shortage of oxygen.
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Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
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A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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