By Express News Service
The state authorities on Monday sought a directive from the High Court to the Centre to allot ample medical oxygen to Kerala.The petitioners knowledgeable the court docket that Kerala has solely 2,857 ICU beds and the occupancy as of Monday is 2,528. The court docket stated that the variety of ICU beds might run over going by the variety of lively instances.
The authorities ought to ask non-public hospitals to extend the variety of beds. State lawyer Ok V Sohan submitted that the federal government is doing the whole lot to influence non-public hospitals to take action. The state additional added that the current allocation of medical oxygen ought to be elevated to 400 MT from the current 219 MT.
Active instances are actually greater than 4.25 lakh in Keralae repeatedly rising. Unless oxygen provide is enhanced, the scenario being confronted by varied different states earlier would befall Kerala. It additionally added that the Centre had allotted 1,200 MT to Karnataka.The Centre submitted that if any request has been made by the state, will probably be thought of by it. There was a mechanism to observe the allocation and alter the provision relying upon requirement.