Bengaluru: Doctors and health experts are sceptical about our state capital’s preparedness to combat a Gorakhpur type situation with life breathing oxygen in short supply.

The city is flirting with danger, say experts in medical field with oxygen and portable concentrators remaining out of the reach of common people.

Unable to bear the cost, a 45-year-old woman visits hospital once in three days to get relief from breathing problem, post uterus surgery.

Government should provide subsidy to poor patients seeking relief and open an agency for the same to counter the problem, according to Dr. Pankaj Singhai, Manipal hospital senior doctor.

Some patients require oxygen to sustain for a period ranging from 6-12 months post surgery and in few other cases patients look for life time support, says Dr. Pankaj.

Poor patients unable to afford costs will be deprived of medical care unless government takes measures, feels Dr. Pankaj.

With Gorakhpur district hospital recording over 70 deaths recently and reports of infant deaths in Kolar district hospital, efforts are on from all quarters to breathe more life into the subject in the hope of finding remedies to the growing problem before another tragedy strikes.