Delhi Corona App Shows Status Of Hospital Beds, Oxygen Availability

The Delhi government's application named Delhi Corona has now started to show the availability of oxygen in the city's hospitals.

The app earlier used to show just the status of beds and ventilators in the health centres and hospitals. The application gives a detailed update about the availability of medical supplies in the hospitals along with the time the information was verified at.

As per the latest update, Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital had zero ICU beds vacant out of the total 325 in the establishment and only two hours of oxygen was left in the hospital as of 3 pm. Out of all the hospitals, only Gulabi Bagh Hospital, Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital, Brain Center Hospital, Vikas Nagar Hospital and Multispeciality Hospital & Critical Care Unit had ICU beds vacant. In order to know the real-time updates, individuals should check the app.

According to the Google Play store, the Delhi Corona app has been download more than five lakh times. The reviews of the application tell a different story as many claimed that the data shown by the app is not accurate. Users took to the comment section complained that the app shows bed available at hospitals but when the patients contact the hospitals, they get to hear otherwise.

According to the data displayed on the Delhi Corona app, many hospitals are struggling with dwindling oxygen supply with barely one or two hours of supply left. However, the app also showed that some hospitals have enough to sustain them for a day or two.

In April, Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal had asked officials to come up with a way to show real-time availability of beds on the Delhi Corona app. He also had a review meeting about the same.

The capital reported 311 deaths related to COVID-19 and more than 2000 new cases on March 5, 2021. The positivity rate was recorded at 26.37 per cent as per the Health bulletin.