Oxygen mask

An Air India Express flight from Bagdogra to Delhi issued a 'Mayday call' mid-air due to suspected smoke, prompting a full-scale emergency at Lucknow airport. The aircraft, carrying 148 passengers and crew, was safely diverted and landed. All occupants deboarded without injury, and the aircraft was grounded for inspection.

Three sanitation workers died after allegedly inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at a private hospital in Raipur. Relatives accused the management and contractor of negligence, claiming workers lacked safety gear. The hospital announced ₹30 lakh compensation each to the families and free treatment for an immediate family member.

A panel of senior doctors and forensic team will probe allegations of medical negligence against a government hospital in Kota after a 23-year-old died in treatment, officials said.

"We could not see anything but smoke," said fire station officer S M Raut who rescued a youth who had lost his way in the dense smoke.

A 38-year-old patient died at RG Kar hospital on Sunday after he walked out of the hospital with his oxygen mask still strapped on.

A 35-year-old man admitted at medical ICU of state-run MY Hospital is thankfully alive after his oxygen mask caught fire on Tuesday morning.

An Air India flight from Delhi to Mumbai flew all the way with the oxygen masks hanging over the heads of passengers.

LUCKNOW: Going by the jumble of statistics and field studies, UP needs to reach out for an oxygen mask to support the gasping health system.

It is a small detail but it could mean the difference between life and death. If you are in a turbo prop aircraft like a Bombardier Q400 or an ATR aircraft, oxygen masks in these flying machines are not deployed automatically during an emergency in case oxygen levels in the passenger cabin dip, making it hard to breathe.

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar wore an oxygen mask for his last public performance at the California State University at Long Beach in the US on November four as he was suffering from respiratory problem.

Siddaganga Mutt senior pontiff Shivakumara Swami, who is battling lung infection, has been put on an oxygen mask. The 111-year-old seer was shifted to Siddaganga Mutt hospital in Tumakuru late Thursday evening.

The bizarre incident, in which overhead oxygen masks got deployed automatically, took place on Air India's Boeing 747 as it winged its way from Delhi to Mumbai.

Anticipating that the number of hospitalisation to go up in the coming days, the health department plans to hold a drill on Sunday at all government hospitals.

The second wave has led to a shortage in oxygen-related devices with demand outpacing supply. The skyrocketing prices of oxygen cylinders, oxygen flow meters and oxygen masks are contributing to the deteriorating condition of Covid-19 patients before they are able to receive treatment.

It is a small but significant detail that air passengers are not aware of—and it could even mean the difference between life and death for some.

Adding to the woes of oxygen-dependent Covid patients, the state is now staring at a shortage of oxygen mask kits and oxygen flow meters.

As many as five Haryana roadways mini-buses at Panchkula depot have been converted into Covid-19 ambulances with four oxygen beds capacity, besides other important medical equipment. The buses will be handed over to the Sector 6 civil hospital.