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12 critical Covid patients die at Batra Hospital in Delhi due to lack of oxygen
Published : May 2, 2021, 12:30 am IST
Updated : May 2, 2021, 12:30 am IST
Dr Himthani, head of gastroenterology department, was among those who died due to lack of oxygen, said Dr S.C.L. Gupta, hospital director
An ambulance arrives at Batra Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility, in New Delhi. (PTI)
New Delhi: Twelve critical Covid-19 patients died at the Batra Hospital in Delhi s Mehrauli area allegedly due to oxygen shortage. Six of the 12 people who died had been admitted to the hospital s ICU (intensive care unit) and among the deceased is the hospital’s gastroenteritis head, Dr R.K. Himthani (62).
Hospitals across the national capital had sent out SOS messages last week about depleting supplies of oxygen.
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NEW DELHI: Twelve patients at Delhi s Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died on Saturday and at least two other hospitals reported precipitous drops in their oxygen stocks, as the Delhi High Court stepped in and directed the Centre to provide the city with oxygen today itself or face contempt.
With the death of the 12 patients in the south Delhi hospital which announced at 12.30 pm that it had run out of oxygen the number of hospital patients who have lost their lives in the deepening crisis in the last eight days has gone up to 57.
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Twelve patients at Delhi s Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died on Saturday and at least two other hospitals reported precipitous drops in their oxygen stocks, as the Delhi High Court stepped in and directed the Centre to provide the city with oxygen today itself or face contempt.
With the death of the 12 patients in the south Delhi hospital which announced at 12.30 pm that it had run out of oxygen the number of hospital patients who have lost their lives in the deepening crisis in the last eight days has gone up to 57.