Mumbai has reported 2,784 deaths since the second wave began on March 1, around a fourth of the 10,595 in New Delhi. That night - which Iqbal Singh Chahal describes as the scariest he's ever had - offers a look at tactics Mumbai used to quell its outbreak faster, and with fewer casualties, than other parts of the country. Unlike most hospitals that relied on cylinders, they had been equipped with pipes that supplied oxygen directly to patients' beds. He hadn't dismantled the facilities even when cases dipped.
City has population of 16 million spread across glistening skyscrapersĪt midnight on April 17, as a deadly new wave of the coronavirus overwhelmed India, Mumbai's Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal learned that six hospitals in his city would run out of oxygen within hours - putting the lives of 168 patients at risk.Īmid the ensuing scramble, the patients were rushed to the temporary hospitals Iqbal Singh Chahal's team had set up during the city's first wave in 2020. 
Even top court said aspects of Mumbai model can be adopted in other parts. Mumbai has reported 2,784 deaths since second wave began on March 1.
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