Hospitals in Patna face an acute shortage of Oxygen cylinders

A majority of hospitals in the state capital are facing an acute shortage of medical Oxygen cylinders as Covid-19 cases surge in Bihar amid the second wave of the pandemic. Patna High Court have asked the health department of Bihar why poor patients are refused admission in government hospitals, the unavailability of oxygen cylinders, and why the RTPCR test reports results are taking two to three days.