Gurdwara provides free oxygen as supplies dwindle in India

A Covid-19 patient receives oxygen inside a car provided by a Gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship (Altaf Qadri/AP)

The medical oxygen shortage in India has become so dire that a Sikh house of worship is offering sessions with shared tanks to Covid-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed.

People are arriving in cars, on foot or by taxi, desperate for a mask and tube attached to the precious oxygen tanks outside the gurdwara in a neighbourhood near the capital, New Delhi.