Kathmandu, May 4 (TIWN) Demand for oxygen has been rising in Nepal as more and more hospitalised Covid-19 patients are in need of oxygen.

According to him, over 30 patients have been admitted at the Norvic and the hospital planned to increase beds for coronavirus patients amid surging numbers of such patients, the Xinhua news agency reported.  Nepal's former Queen Komal Shah is getting treatment at Kathmandu-based Norvic International Hospital at an intensive care unit (ICU) fighting the Covid-19 for the last few days.  As treatment with plasma therapy could not bring the desired result, she was moved to ICU and she has been kept there on high flow oxygen support, Bastola told Xinhua on Sunday.