Bengaluru: On Monday, District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar stated 24 sufferers together with COVID-19 sufferers, died at Chamarajanagar District Hospital on account of oxygen scarcity amongst others causes in final 24 hours.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has spoken to Chamarajanagar district collector over the incident and referred to as an emergency Cabinet assembly tomorrow.
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According to a TOI report, Chamarajnagar deputy commissioner Dr M R Ravi stated that 12 of the deceased died on account of oxygen scarcity whereas the others have succumbed to varied comorbidities and underlying medical situations.
(*24*), Kumar stated they’ve sought a demise audit report which is anticipated this afternoon after which they’ll provoke motion towards these chargeable for the deaths. He additional added that a lot of the sufferers got here to the hospital on the final minute and that they didn’t get required oxygen provide on time from Mysuru.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the oxygen provides to the district hospital was diverted to close by Mysuru. However, it’s nonetheless not clear as who ordered for diverting the cylinder-supply from Chamarajnagar to Mysuru.
The TOI report additional said, that an alert was sounded on Sunday night to the district administration concerning the imminent hazard when the hospital realised that it might quickly run out of oxygen, however nothing was accomplished to enhance provides on time, stated a hospital workers member.
Chamrajnagar District Incharge Minister S Suresh Kumar has ordered inquiry into the demise of 24 sufferers on the district hospital and stated, “strict action will be taken against those who are responsible for the shortage of oxygen supply to the hospital.”
On Monday, India reported 3,68,147 new circumstances, 3,00,732 discharges, and three,417 deaths within the final 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry data.
