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Petition in SC seeks direction to form high-powered committee in states to monitor distribution policy of medical equipment ANI | Updated: Apr 22, 2021 23:08 IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to form a high-powered committee in every state to monitor the distribution policy of medical equipment.
The plea said the high-powered committee formed in the state should also monitor the facilities for the COVID-19 patients like the oxygen supply, proper allocation of beds in the hospitals, proper supply of Remdesivir drug, and vaccines.
The plea filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari also sought direction to set up a three-member enquiry commission headed by a retired top court judge into the oxygen leak incident at a hospital in Nashik that led to the death of 22 Covid-19 patients.
22 patients on ventilators die at Nashik hospital after oxygen leak disrupts supply
22 patients on ventilators die at Nashik hospital after oxygen leak disrupts supply
Twenty two patients at a Nashik hospital in Maharashtra died after an oxygen tank leaked in the hospital premises on Wednesday.
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An oxygen tank leaked in Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik on Wednesday. (Screengrab from video)
At least 22 patients died after an oxygen tank leaked at Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik on Wednesday, an official said. As many as 171 patients were present in the hospital at the time of the incident. The oxygen supply was stopped for half an hour due to the leak, because of which those on the ventilator lost their lives, said Kailash Jadhav, Commissioner, Nasik Municipal Corporation.
Nashik: At Least 22 COVID-19 Patients Die As Oxygen Tanker At Hospital Leaks
All the deceased patients were on ventilators at the Zakir Hussain hospital and their oxygen supply was disrupted by the leak.
Visuals from the Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, where leaking oxygen from a tanker resulted in the death of at least 22 people. Photo: Screengrab/Mirror Now
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Mumbai: At least 22 patients who were on ventilators at a hospital in Nashik died when oxygen supply to them was disrupted by a leak in a tanker outside the hospital.
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said the incident would be probed.