The situation of shortage of oxygen cylinders in the city is getting grimmer by the day. After the dearth was reported at one of the city’s civic-run hospitals on Friday, it has now come to the fore that five other corporation hospitals are facing the same problem.

On Saturday, city mayor Kishori Pednekar took stock of the situation and issued various directives to the civic administration, asking officials to resolve the problem on an emergency basis. She also added that a permanent solution be found for this issue.