COVID-19 Patients Dying Due to Oxygen Shortage Is Not Less Than a Genocide: Allahabad HC
The remarks were made based on several news items and posts doing the rounds on social media regarding the death of COVID-19 patients due to lack of oxygen in Lucknow and Meerut districts.
Relatives carry a COVID-19 patient on oxygen support for treatment at Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, amid the ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases, in Prayagraj, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Using very strong words, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday observed that the death of COVID-19 patients just because of the lack of oxygen in hospitals is a criminal act, “not less than a genocide”, by the authorities responsible for ensuring the oxygen supply chain is maintained.