The Kashmir dealers, who had 100 oxygen concentrators in stock, sold those to an aid organization based in Mumbai at a cost much lesser than the market price. The Kashmiri dealers had bought these oxygen concentrators in winter when the price of such equipment was at its lowest due to the falling COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuppliers in Delhi who earlier offered oxygen concentrators, for Rs 38 to Rs 45 thousand a piece are quoting a new price: Rs 75 to Rs 85 thousand a piece and the waiting period is 2 weeks,\u201d Mohammad Afaq Sayeed, who runs SRO Batamaloo, an organization working for the welfare of the poor wrote on his Facebook wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Kashmiri dealers who had oxygen concentrators in stock sold the same to Aid Organisation of Maharashtra for Rs 42 to Rs 44 thousand only. More than 100 machines sent to Maharashtra from Kashmir. Hats off. Time and again Kashmiris are proving, what compassion and care means (sic),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The shortage of oxygen in hospitals across India has led to high demand for oxygen concentrator machines. Since there is a lack of hospital beds due to the soaring COVID cases and many patients are turned out of hospitals, but still, urgently require the life-giving gas, these machines can be kept at home, a life-saving device to those with low oxygen saturation. The machine filters oxygen from the air in the room, which can be administered to the patient.<\/p>\n
A rising number of patients resorting to home quarantine still require oxygen and the need for oxygen concentrators has increased immensely.\u00a0 It is also very commendable that the Kashmiri dealers are selling it at such low rates far below what other Suppliers in Delhi are selling these machines for.\u00a0 This too at a time when even oxygen and remdesivir are being sold in the black market in some places in India. It is heartwarming to see humanity and compassion during such a difficult time in the world.<\/p>\n