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updated: May 13 2021, 09:51 ist
The three-member committee appointed by the Karnataka High Court to probe the Chamarajanagar hospital tragedy stated in its report that all the 24 deaths on the intervening night of May 2-3 occurred due to lack of oxygen. The report stated that between 11 pm on May 2 and early hours on May 3, there was absolutely no oxygen at the district hospital, attached to Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS).
The committee, headed by retired high court judge Justice A N Venugopala Gowda and comprising another retired judge of the high court K N Keshavanarayana and retired IPS officer S T Ramesh, has recommended that the families of the deceased be granted suitable compensation since deaths occurred due to gross negligence of the authorities.