Probe ordered into Chamrajnagar District Hospital incident ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 13:13 IST
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka) [India], May 3 (ANI): Strict action will be initiated against those who are responsible for the shortage of oxygen supply to Chamrajnagar hospital due to which at least 24 patients have lost their lives, said District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar on Monday.
An inquiry has been ordered into the matter by the district incharge.
Over 24 patients, including several COVID-19 patients, died at a government hospital in Karnataka s Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. There were at least 24 patients, including coronavirus patients who have died at Chamarajanagar District Hospital due to oxygen shortage and others reasons in last 24 hours, the Kumar confirmed.
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Karnataka: 24 patients at Chamarajanagar District Hospital die due to oxygen shortage
In a tragic incident, as many as 24 patients, including some of the novel coronavirus, died at a hospital in Karnataka in the past 24 hours. According to the details, Chamarajanagar District Hospital faced a shortage of oxygen following which several patients passed away. Commenting on the situation, District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar said they are currently waiting for the death audit report.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has spoken to the Chamarajanagar district collector over the incident and has called an emergency cabinet meeting tomorrow.Â
COVID-19 situation in Karnataka
In yet another hospital tragedy in the country in the recent days, 24 patients, 23 of them covid-infected, died in Karnataka s Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital in the last 24 hours, with the government warning of stringent action against those found guilty. The government ordered a probe into the matter and appointed senior IAS officer Shivayogi Kalasad as the inquiry officer. The incident evoked a sharp response from the Congress, with party leader Rahul Gandhi wondering how much more suffering before the system wakes up. In heart-breaking episodes preceding today s incident in the country, a fire at a mall in Mumbai housing a Covid- designated hospital in March left nine, including those on ventilators, dead, while 22 COVID-19 patients who were either on ventilator or oxygen support, suffocated to death when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly due to a malfunction in the main storage at a civic hospital in Nashik.
Highlights
Over 24 patients died at a Chamarajanagar government hospital in Karnataka on Monday.
District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against those responsible.
Chamarajanagar: Amid India’s oxygen shortage crisis due to the second wave of COVID-19, over 24 patients died at a Chamarajanagar government hospital in Karnataka on Monday (May 3, 2021).
Following the incident, the District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against those responsible for the shortage of oxygen supply at the hospital. There were at least 24 patients, including coronavirus patients who have died at Chamarajanagar District Hospital due to oxygen shortage and other reasons in the last 24 hours, Kumar confirmed.