Oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka, 7 more die
Oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka, 7 more die
Last Updated: Wed, May 5th, 2021, 10:29:54hrs
Bengaluru: Oxygen crisis deepened in certain parts of Karnataka on Tuesday, with the deaths of seven COVID patients in Kalaburagi and Belagavi allegedly due to oxygen shortage.
According to sources, four people died in the morning in Kalaburagi government hospital and three in Belagavi government hospital allegedly due to shortage of the life saving gas.
However, Mining and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani, who is in-charge of Kalaburagi district, dismissed the allegation saying that those who died had COVID infection at an advanced stage.