Empty Oxygen Cylinders, Long Waiting Hours Outside Hospitals And Crematoriums Ravage People In Uttar Pradesh

Long queue of relatives of Covid patients outside a medical oxygen filling centre in Lucknow after a huge number of cases reported in the state. (Image: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke on the oxygen crisis issue and said that there is no shortage of oxygen in any COVID hospital, be it private or government. Yogi Adityanath also said that the problem is black marketing and hoarding, which will be tackled with a heavy hand. (Image: People wait outside oxygen filling centre in Kanpur/PTI) 

Covid patient wait for admission outside LLR hospital amid shortage of beds in Kanpur due to huge spike in Covid cases. (Image: PTI)

Family members mourn the death of a Covid victim at Ursula hospital in Kanpur after the state reports a record number of Covid cases. (Image: PTI)

Mass cremation of Covid victims at Bhairav Ghat Hindu crematory after Kanpur registered a record number of deaths. Gut-Wrenching scenes from Uttar Pradesh are being witnessed daily amid a surge in cases.(Image: PTI)

Dead bodies of Covid victims placed outside Kanpur crematorium as family members wait for their turn. (Image: PTI)

Empty tankers loaded on a train wagon before being transported to collect medical liquid oxygen to Bokaro amid shortage of gas due to rising cases of Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow. (Image: PTI)

Family Members of Covid patients wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling centre as demand for the gas rises in Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh on Saturday recorded its highest single-day spike in new infections and coronavirus-related deaths with 38,055 fresh cases and 223 fatalities, pushing the virus tally to 10,51,314 and the toll to 10,959 (Image: PTI)