With the daily increase in the official number of cases in Vadodara and a steep increase in oxygen demand, relatives of COVID patients are literally begging to secure even a single bed for their breathless family member. In order to verify information around this situation, we rang up the hospitals which showed vacant beds on the VMC dashboard, but to our surprise, they did not have a single bed vacant for new admission. Apart from oxygen beds, there is a heavy shortage of prescribed injections which are now not available in any medical stores of the city. O.S.D Dr. Vinod Rao held a meeting with the elected representatives to give them a heads up about an increase in the demand for oxygen in the near future as patients from Madhya Pradesh are getting admitted to SSG and GMERS. It was also noted that approximately 170 tons of oxygen is being used in Vadodara. However, there is still a shortfall of roughly 10 tons. Now all eyes are on the MP, MLAs and Mayor to secure more oxyge

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