KATHMANDU, May 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal’s two major government-run hospitals, based in the capital Kathmandu, have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.
The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease hospital, which has been converted into a COVID-19 hospital, and the National Trauma Centre, another hospital which treats people injured in accidents, are running out of liquid oxygen.
“Our liquid oxygen tank is running out of oxygen and it will just be enough till today,” Sagar Kumar Rajbhandari, a hospital official, said.
Nepali Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, said on Monday, in his address to the nation that, the government had banned supplying oxygen for purposes except for the purpose of treating patients.
The situation is becoming grim for Nepal, as the Himalayan country yesterday reported another record high of deaths and infections.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health and Population yesterday, a record high of 55 deaths and 7,660 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, breaking the earlier record of 37 deaths and 7,448 infections in a single day.– NNN-XINHUA
