Oxygen shortage in Karnataka hospital leaves 24 dead
According to information, the patients who were undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Chamarajanagar died of oxygen shortage and other related reasons.
BENGALURU:
24 patients including those suffering from COVID-19 died at a government hospital in Karnataka on Monday.
According to information, the patients who were undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Chamarajanagar died of oxygen shortage and other related reasons.
Meanwhile, Chamrajnagar District Incharge Minister S Suresh Kumar has ordered an inquiry into the matter and called a high-level meeting with the district collector over the incident.
Kumar also hit out to BS Yediyurappa and Health Minister K Sudhakar over the incident, stating that the government had earlier told that the state has no shortage of oxygen.
The incident is one among the many reported from across the country of hospitals facing a shortage of oxygen amid the rapid surge in COVID infections recently.
(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)
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