गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Oxygen shortage stalls operation of Bir Hospital’s new building Nepal Oxygen shortage stalls operation of Bir Hospital’s new building KathmanduPati May 15, 2021 KATHMANDU – The Bir Hospital is unable to use its new hospital bock due to the shortage of medical oxygen. Although the government decided to use the New Surgical Building for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, the new surgical block has not yet been operated due to the oxygen shortage. Hospital director Dr Shanta Sapkota said even though preparations were made for using the new building for treating the Covid-19 patients as directed by the government, they have not been able to run the Covid hospital from the new building as they could not get the oxygen. There is demand for 15 thousand oxygen cylinders per day while only 7,200 cylinders are produced in the country at present. “We had made all preparations for keeping the patients in the new building but had to stop it for lack of oxygen,” she said, adding that the Covid-19 patients need oxygen and there is no oxygen. So, they could not keep the patients in the new building without arranging for oxygen. Dr Sapkota said at least 600 oxygen cylinders were needed for operating the new hospital for Covid-19 patients. She added that efforts were on to manage the oxygen and the patients would be kept at the new facility once oxygen is available. Originally, the plan was to keep 100 to 300 beds in the new building. It has 500 beds. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal urged to reform MSME insurance, lending policies Nepal Finance Minister meets commercial bank CEOs today Nepal-India border security tightened after communal violence Nepal assembly seeks answers over alleged SSB border incursion Mongolia’s former prime minister calls on Education minister Nepal police arrest Foreign Ministry Joint Secretary Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine positive’8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case This time’s Teej, social distancing please! Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 Asheem Man Singh Basnyat: We can evolve as a company to better suit a post-covid world Govt Making Preparations to Reduce the Tenure of Armed Police Force’s IG to Three Years
