Ground Reportage
A leaky oxygen supply system brings fear and anxiety to a Hazaribagh hospital
The pipes at a key district hospital have been leaking for months — and the staff have learned to ration what little oxygen reaches the wards.
By Abhishek Angad27/6/2026
The pipes at a key district hospital have been leaking for months — and the staff have learned to ration what little oxygen reaches the wards.
Inside a Hazaribagh hospital where a leaky oxygen supply system has turned routine treatment into a constant calculation. Doctors describe rationing, families describe panic, and engineers describe a patchwork of temporary fixes that no one believes will hold during a surge.