Agra: 8 Covid patients die due to lack of oxygen days after UP govt s claim of no shortages
Agra: 8 Covid patients die due to lack of oxygen days after UP govt s claim of no shortages
Hospitals in Uttar Pradesh s Agra are struggling to house and treat Covid-19 patients owing to an acute shortage of beds and medical oxygen. Eight patients died at one hospital in Agra, reportedly due to a lack of oxygen.
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UPDATED: April 28, 2021 01:26 IST
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] Hospitals in Agra are asking families of Covid-19 patients to get their own oxygen cylinders (Photo Credits: Ashutosh Mishra/India Today)
India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases and the state of Uttar Pradesh is no exception. Days after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath s statement that the state had no shortage of medical supplies, eight patients died at a hospital in Agra owing to the lack of medical oxygen.