Andhra Pradesh: 8 patients die in a hospital, relatives say deaths happened due to lack of oxygen
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 8 patients die in a hospital, relatives say deaths happened due to lack of oxygen

Op India  

A shocking incident has surfaced from a Government General Hospital in Nellore city of Andhra Pradesh, wherein 8 persons have passed away. The relatives of the deceased have alleged that the deaths occurred due to a lack of oxygen at the hospital. Six of the eight patients, according to the information, were admitted to the hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit unit. He, however, refuted any accusation that oxygen shortage contributed to the fatalities in his report and identified multiple medical factors as the causes of the deaths.

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Telangana Govt says there was no death due to oxygen shortage during second wave
3 years, 4 months ago

Telangana Govt says there was no death due to oxygen shortage during second wave

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government’s claims that no one in the state died due to oxygen shortage during the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 have been rubbished by doctors, public health specialists and ground-level health workers. While private hospitals experiencing oxygen shortages were quick to send away Covid-19 patients to government hospitals, the latter too had made many patients gasping for …

Why those Covid-19 deaths do not figure on 'oxygen shortage' list
3 years, 5 months ago

Why those Covid-19 deaths do not figure on 'oxygen shortage' list

India Today  

Covid death or no death, accounted or un-accounted death, reported or under-reported figures, controversy is going around in the country since first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. A former Indian Medical Association president and owner of a private hospital in East Delhi, said how could one write shortage of oxygen as the cause for death when the patient passed away …

Empathise with hospital staff: L-G
3 years, 7 months ago

Empathise with hospital staff: L-G

The Hindu  

Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday urged those who launched a broadside on conditions in government hospitals to show empathy for healthcare personnel in times of the raging pandemic. Governor, who inspected the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute a day after a clip highlighting the conditions inside a COVID-19 ward during a visit by MLA G. Nehru was …

More than 70 patients die at Indian state’s biggest Covid facility because of oxygen shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

More than 70 patients die at Indian state’s biggest Covid facility because of oxygen shortage

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seventy-five patients have died at …

Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 days
3 years, 7 months ago

Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 days

India TV News  

Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa's apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier facility reached 75 in four days. A video shot at ward number 145, shows patients sleeping on mattresses and …

15 more patients die at Goa hospital; relatives blame disruption in oxygen supply
3 years, 7 months ago

15 more patients die at Goa hospital; relatives blame disruption in oxygen supply

Hindustan Times  

Two days after 26 patients lost their lives at Goa’s premier government-run hospital due to lack of oxygen between 2am and 6am, the Pramod Sawant government on Thursday told the Bombay high court that 15 more patients died on Thursday morning also but tried to convince the court that all these deaths could not be attributed to the disruption in …

"Today Is The 'Test Night', Ensure No One Dies Due To Lack Of Oxygen As It Is Violation Of Article 21": Bombay High Court To Goa Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

"Today Is The 'Test Night', Ensure No One Dies Due To Lack Of Oxygen As It Is Violation Of Article 21": Bombay High Court To Goa Govt

Live Law  

Stressing that if a COVID positive patient dies due to the lack of Oxygen, it is an infringement of the right to life under Article 21, the Bombay High Court today observed that it is every state's responsibility to protect the lives of its citizens. Let us focus on today's night and ensure that no one dies.#COVIDManagement#Goa#BombayHighCourt#Oxygen — Live Law …

Andhra CM writes to PM Modi, blames delay in oxygen supply from TN, Karnataka for Tirupati deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Andhra CM writes to PM Modi, blames delay in oxygen supply from TN, Karnataka for Tirupati deaths

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the delay in oxygen supply from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was what led to the Tirupati hospital incident. At least 11 patients undergoing treatment died at the Sri Venkateswara Ramnarayan Ruia government hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati on Monday allegedly due to unstable …

13 patients dead in Tamil Nadu hospital in one night, doctors protest against staff, oxygen shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

13 patients dead in Tamil Nadu hospital in one night, doctors protest against staff, oxygen shortage

Op India  

As many as 13 people lost their lives on Tuesday night at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu, allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. According to the reports, 13 patients, aged between 40 to 85, died in quick succession due to the shortage of oxygen at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital. The doctors who participated …

Can't Ascertain Oxygen Shortage as Cause of Death of 21 Patients at JG Hospital: Delhi Govt to HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Can't Ascertain Oxygen Shortage as Cause of Death of 21 Patients at JG Hospital: Delhi Govt to HC

News 18  

The AAP government has informed the Delhi High Court that oxygen shortage as the cause of death of 21 COVID-19 patients at Jaipur Golden Hospital here could not be ascertained by an expert committee which probed the matter. The Delhi government in its report to the high court referred to the findings of the expert committee which said, In view …

6 patients die in Bengaluru, Kalaburagi as oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka
3 years, 7 months ago

6 patients die in Bengaluru, Kalaburagi as oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka

India Today  

The oxygen crisis deepened in parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, with hospitals raising concerns over the gap in oxygen supply. A day after 24 deaths were reported in Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to oxygen shortage, two patients died allegedly due to shortage of oxygen at Arka Hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday. A few medical centres in …

24 patients, including Covid positive, die at Karnataka hospital due to oxygen shortage; govt denies
3 years, 7 months ago

24 patients, including Covid positive, die at Karnataka hospital due to oxygen shortage; govt denies

India Today  

As many as 24 patients, including some Covid-19 positive, died at a hospital in Karnataka allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. The district officials have, however, denied the allegations that all the patients died due to oxygen shortage at the hospital. GOVT DENIES CLAIM Chamarajanagar district in-charge Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is also the Primary and Secondary Education …

India COVID crisis: ‘Lack of oxygen killed him, not the virus’
3 years, 7 months ago

India COVID crisis: ‘Lack of oxygen killed him, not the virus’

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – On Saturday afternoon, 12 coronavirus patients died at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital after it ran out of medical oxygen. ‘There came no help’ Batra Hospital’s Executive Director Dr Sudhanshu Bankata told Al Jazeera they raised the first SOS alarm at approximately 7am on Saturday, but “there came no help from anywhere”. We need 976 MT oxygen …

Oxygen Shortage: 8 Covid-19 Patients Die At Delhi’s Batra Hospital Due To Lack Of Supply For Over 1 Hour
3 years, 7 months ago

Oxygen Shortage: 8 Covid-19 Patients Die At Delhi’s Batra Hospital Due To Lack Of Supply For Over 1 Hour

ABP News  

New Delhi: At least eight Covid-19 patients, including the HOD of gastroenterology department of Delhi’s Batra Hospital, breathed their last on Saturday due to oxygen shortage, officials said. “We are trying to revive five other critical patients,” PTI quoted Batra Hospital Medical Director Dr S C L Gupta as saying. Meanwhile, the Batra Hospital informed the Delhi High Court that …

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital

India TV News  

At least 12 Covid patients including a doctor have lost their lives due to oxygen shortage in Delhi's Batra Hospital. Speaking on the matter, Dr SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Delhi's Batra Hospital, said, "we could not save them even after making effort from our end. Hospital officials told the Delhi High Court -- holding a 11th straight day of …

Delhi's Batra Hospital Says 8 Patients in ICU Dead Due to Oxygen Shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Batra Hospital Says 8 Patients in ICU Dead Due to Oxygen Shortage

News 18  

At least 8 patients, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on Saturday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. According to reports, the hospital had run out of liquid medical oxygen supply around 12.30 pm and received an oxygen tanker only at 1.35 pm. On being asked if the lack of oxygen resulted in the deaths, the hospital’s medical …

Delhi: 12 patients die at Batra Hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: 12 patients die at Batra Hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen

India Today  

The Batra Hospital in Delhi on Saturday told the Delhi High Court that it was out of oxygen supply for over an hour, which resulted in the deaths of 12 Covid-19 patients, including a doctor. "We ran our operation for almost an hour without an oxygen supply," said Dr. SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Batra Hospital. Later Delhi minister Raghav …

8 Covid-19 patients die in Haryana hospitals due to oxygen shortage, probe ordered
3 years, 7 months ago

8 Covid-19 patients die in Haryana hospitals due to oxygen shortage, probe ordered

India Today  

Eight Covid-19 patients died at two hospitals in Haryana on Sunday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. 4 patients die in Rewari hospital amid oxygen shortage An official of the hospital in Rewari said, “Three patients died in the ICU, while one patient died in the ward. ‘Regular supply was given’ Narnaul Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar, who is currently officiating …

20 Critically Ill Patients Die in Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital Amid Oxygen Scarcity
3 years, 8 months ago

20 Critically Ill Patients Die in Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital Amid Oxygen Scarcity

News 18  

Twenty critically ill patients died overnight at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a serious oxygen crisis, officials said on Saturday. This comes a day after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged the severe oxygen crisis faced by the national capital and “catastrophic” events that may follow if Delhi’s demand for liquid medical oxygen is not met. Please suggest whom should …

25 patients die due to oxygen shortage: Jaipur Golden Hospital to Delhi HC
3 years, 8 months ago

25 patients die due to oxygen shortage: Jaipur Golden Hospital to Delhi HC

India Today  

The Jaipur Golden Hospital told the Delhi High Court on Saturday that 25 patients admitted to its critical care unit died late Friday night, allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. Dr DK Baluja, Medical Director, Jaipur Golden Hospital, told India Today TV, "The oxygen supply will last only half an hour now. "The news of the death of several patients …

Madhya Pradesh: Five COVID-19 patients die due to lack of oxygen in Jabalpur hospital
3 years, 8 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Five COVID-19 patients die due to lack of oxygen in Jabalpur hospital

Firstpost  

Jabalpur: Five coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in the ICU of a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur city died allegedly after the stock of medical oxygen at the facility got over, a police official said on Friday. “Five COVID-19 patients died in the ICU of the hospital after the stock of the medical oxygen got over according to the family …

Ganga Ram Hospital Chairman Refutes Reports of Patients' Death Due to Oxygen Shortage
3 years, 8 months ago

Ganga Ram Hospital Chairman Refutes Reports of Patients' Death Due to Oxygen Shortage

News 18  

The chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi denied reports that some patients died due to lack of Oxygen in the hospital. We didn’t let anyone die without Oxygen,” Chairman of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said. Some reports claimed that 25 patients had died at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the last 24 hours and the …

Five COVID-19 patients die at hospital in UP's Aligarh; family members allege oxygen shortage
3 years, 8 months ago

Five COVID-19 patients die at hospital in UP's Aligarh; family members allege oxygen shortage

Firstpost  

Aligarh: Five coronavirus patients died at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh allegedly due to a shortage in oxygen supply. Shyam Kashyap, whose 50-year-old brother Anil was among those who died at the hospital, told media persons that hospital authorities tried to cover up the lapse by arranging 40 oxygen cylinders after the tragedy took place. “If the hospital …

Disruption in oxygen supply kills 22 COVID patients in India
3 years, 8 months ago

Disruption in oxygen supply kills 22 COVID patients in India

Al Jazeera  

At least 22 dead at public hospital in Maharashtra state’s Nashik city when their oxygen supply ran out after a leak in the tank, official says. Disruption in the supply of medical oxygen has killed at least 22 patients in a hospital in western India’s Maharashtra state, officials have said. ‘Acute situation’ In recent days, India has been on edge …

6 die due to low pressure oxygen in govt hospital in MP's Shahdol
3 years, 8 months ago

6 die due to low pressure oxygen in govt hospital in MP's Shahdol

India TV News  

At least six COVID-19 patients died in the ICU of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol due to low pressure in medical oxygen supply, an official said on Sunday. "Out of 62 patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit ward of the medical college's COVID-19 centre, six patients died due to low pressure of liquid oxygen late last night," …

Patient Dies After Oxygen Leak Leads to Evacuation in Chhattisgarh-based Govt Hospital
4 years ago

Patient Dies After Oxygen Leak Leads to Evacuation in Chhattisgarh-based Govt Hospital

News 18  

A leakage in an oxygen cylinder forced the evacuation of patients from the Intensive Care Unit of a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district following which one patient died on Wednesday, officials said. There were seven patients in the ICU of Rajnandgaon Medical College Hospital when in the incident took place, said Dr Ajay Kosam, the in-charge Superintendent. When an …

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