Dr Milind Shiralkar, dean of the medical college, told Free Press that four kids were admitted to the hospital in a serious condition. “We have constituted a committee for probe,” he added.
In Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, PM Cares Ventilators Lie Unused In Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, PM Cares Ventilators Lie Unused Chhattisgarh has claimed it has received 230 ventilators from the PM Cares fund. Sources said 58 of these are not working.
Madhya Pradesh government, however, contended that there is nothing wrong with the machines.
Bhopal:
Ventilators purchased under the PM Cares fund life-saving medical equipment desperately needed amid the skyrocketing Covid cases have been found defective, a few hospitals in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have complained. In others, the equipment is lying unused for want of people to operate them.
Among the first category is Bhopal s biggest government-run hospital the Hamidia Hospital, which even lost a Covid patient last week.
India’s oxygen crisis is not uniformly distributed across states. Some are struggling more than others. 3 hours ago A man waits to refill a medical oxygen cylinders at at an oxygen refill station in Prayagraj on April 20. | Sanjay Kanojia/ AFP
On the night of April 17, Ram Kumar Jaiswal went to sleep relieved that his elder brother Raj Kumar was recovering.
It had been a week since Raj Kumar, 28, had been admitted to the government medical college and hospital at Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh after he had tested positive for Covid-19. With his oxygen levels falling, he had been moved to the intensive care unit. But that night, he seemed better, he even ate dinner by himself.
Madhya Pradesh: Six COVID-19 Patients Die, Low Oxygen Supply Alleged
The facility s dean Dr. Milind Shiralkar said the liquid oxygen supply at the hospital was running out by late Saturday evening.
Representative image. A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, September 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
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Shahdol: At least six COVID-19 patients died in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol due to low pressure in medical oxygen supply, an official said on Sunday.
The incident took place at the Government Medical College Hospital in Shahdol on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
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