Coronavirus: 11 patients die in Andhra Pradesh hospital after oxygen supply gets disrupted
District Collector M Hari Narayana said while the patients on oxygen support died, they were able to save many others. Updated May 11, 2021 · 01:10 pm Image for representation: A worker loads an empty medical oxygen cylinder onto a mini truck. | Manjunath Kiran / AFP
Eleven Covid-19 patients died at a hospital in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Monday after the supply of medical oxygen was disrupted, reported
The Indian Express, citing officials.
The incident took place in the intensive care unit ward of the Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital after a tanker carrying oxygen was delayed.