Agra: Hospital Which Conducted Mock Oxygen Drill Sealed
Paras Hospital s owner Arinjay Jain was heard saying in a clip that the hospital cut off oxygen to patients in its ICU, after which 22 patients turned blue .
Police force deployed at Paras hospital in Agra on June 8, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The Agra district administration has sealed the Shri Paras Hospital, whose owner was heard in a clip saying that the private hospital had cut off oxygen to nearly 100 patients in the ICU as part of a ‘mock drill’ on April 26.
Arinjay Jain, the owner, could be heard in a clip saying that 22 patients ‘turned blue’ during the exercise. He says the hospital was informed that suppliers may not be able to provide medical oxygen, which prompted the ‘drill’ to see which patients needed a high flow of oxygen.
Licence of Agra hospital, which conducted mock oxygen drill, suspended Patients either discharged or shifted elsewhere by Tuesday midnight
All patients were shifted out from a private hospital in Agra and its licence suspended on Wednesday after it allegedly conducted a mock drill by cutting off oxygen supply for five minutes to segregate the critical patients, officials said.
A case was registered under the Epidemic Act against Dr Arinjay Jain, the owner of Shri Paras Hospital which has now been sealed, they said.
The Agra administration also formed a magisterial team including additional district magistrate, city and two health officials from the chief minister s office.