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District Collector Gandham Chandrudu has served a show-cause notice on Vasudev Reddy, owner of Varasi Oxygen, the contractor supplying bulk medical oxygen to the hospitals in the district.
“Why should we not terminate the contract with you and suspend your licence for oxygen supply, for your failure to provide oxygen on time to the Cancer Hospital as contracted, which led to the death of two patients on Tuesday?” the notice, which was issued past midnight on Tuesday, questioned.
Superintendent of Cancer Hospital K. Bhaskar, who was in-charge of the COVID-19 patients, was also served a show-cause notice as to why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him for his failure to bring the issue of lack of oxygen to the notice of oxygen coordinator and DFO R. Jagannath Singh, or the Joint Collector (Development) till 7.30 p.m..
Anantapur runs out of ICU beds
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2,116 patients receiving treatment in 56 hospitals
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2,116 patients receiving treatment in 56 hospitals
Even as the COVID cases continue to rise, the district on Tuesday ran out of all ICU beds in its 56 government and private hospitals authorised to treat COVID patients. The district has 217 ICU beds earmarked for COVID patients.
For the second time this month, Anantapur district surpassed 2,000 cases in a span of 24 hours. Out of 8,683 samples tested, 2,168 returned positive taking the active case tally to 11,755. Of them, 2,116 are receiving treatment in hospitals, 673 in COVID Care Centres and the rest are in home isolation.
Anantapur: As many as 15 COVID patients died at the Anantapur Government General Hospital in Andhra Pradeshon Saturday. Though people alleged that there
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