: Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 5:08 PM IST
Watch: Oxygen tank leaks at Nashik s Zakir Hussain Hospital; 22 COVID-19 patients killed in tragedy
At least 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilator support died on Wednesday due to an interrupted supply of medical oxygen at a civic-run hospital at Nashik in Maharashtra caused by the leakage of the gas from a storage plant, officials said.
A senior civic official said of the 150 patients admitted to the hospital, 23 were on ventilator support at the time of the incident while the rest were on oxygen support.
Visuals of the oxygen leakage in Nasik s Zakir Hussain hospital wherein 22 patients who were ventilator died to lack of oxygen supply. @fpjindiapic.twitter.com/cdXrwoEV5u Vallabh Ozarkar (@OzarkarVallabh) April 21, 2021