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Short of oxygen supply, Bengaluru hospital shifts COVID-19 patients

The hospital foresaw the shortage and anticipated that a low oxygen hypoxic crisis may occur on Monday

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Medics wearing PPE kits stand at the entrance of the KIMS hospital as they shift COVID-19 patients to other hospitals due to shortage of oxygen cylinders in Bengaluru. Pic/PTI

Medics wearing PPE kits stand at the entrance of the KIMS hospital as they shift COVID-19 patients to other hospitals due to shortage of oxygen cylinders in Bengaluru. Pic/PTI

A Bengaluru hospital has shifted its patients including those who are COVID-19 positive, to other government and private hospitals after running short of oxygen supply, an official said on Tuesday.

"For damage control and on precautionary measures we plan to shift all oxygen dependent patients to various government and private hospitals," said an official from Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).

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