22 Covid patients die in India after oxygen supply disrupted
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Twenty-two Covid-19 patients at a hospital in India were killed on Wednesday when the oxygen supply to their ventilators was disrupted by a leak.
The tragedy comes as India battles severe shortages of medical supplies during a fierce second wave of coronavirus infections.
The 30-minute leak from an oxygen tanker stationed outside Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, about 200 kilometers north of Mumbai, cut off supply to the ventilators of more than 60 critically ill patients.
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Disruption in the supply of medical oxygen has killed at least 22 patients in a hospital in western India’s Maharashtra state, officials have said.
Suraj Mandhare, an official in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, said an oxygen tanker leaked outside a hospital in the city, halting its supply for about half an hour. He said the supply of oxygen has since resumed to other patients.
Fire officer Sanjay Bairagi said the leakage was plugged by the fire service within 15 minutes, but there was supply disruption in the Zakir Hussain Hospital.
Urdu Bulletin: Nashik hospital tragedy, COVID-19 vaccination drive covered widely ANI | Updated: Apr 22, 2021 11:17 IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Thursday editions have highlighted the gas tragedy that occurred at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra s Nashik in which around 24 COVID-19 patients were killed.
Most publications also reported on the West Bengal Assembly election s sixth phase scheduled for today.
The news of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive across India has made page one of most newspapers.
Hindustan Express: The newspaper leads with a report on the death of 24 COVID-19 patients after a leak in a medical oxygen tank at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra s Nashik. It reported that district collector Suraj Mandhare said that the supply was interrupted after a leakage in one of the storage tankers at the hospital.
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