In a shocking tragedy on Gudi Padva, at least 10 Covid-19 patients have died in the Vasai town due to alleged shortage of medical oxygen, officials said here on Tuesday.
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Police had to arrive yesterday to pacify relatives.
Mumbai:
Seven deaths in a single day at a hospital in Palghar district sparked anger among relatives over alleged short supply of oxygen cylinders and administrative failure amid the prevailing Kovid-19 crisis in Maharashtra. The fatalities – all reported from the intensive care unit – could be a sign of a severe crisis to the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation, under whose jurisdiction Nala Sopara Hospital is. However, officials at the tertiary care center have stated that the patients were already in critical condition at the time of admission.
The patients kin outside Vinayaka hospital, Nalasopara.
MUMBAI: Amid a shortage of oxygen cylinders, 11 Covid-19 deaths were reported in two private hospitals in Nalasopara in the Vasai taluka of Palghar district on Monday.
While families of relatives blamed the lack of oxygen cylinders for the deaths, Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) officials said all deaths were not due to oxygen shortage. The patients were critical when admitted to the hospitals, the officials said.
While seven Covid-19 deaths were reported from the Vinayak hospital, four patients died at the Riddhi Vinayak hospital.
Both the hospitals are treating Covid patients.
Though the oxygen shortage begun since Friday, it got severe on Monday with families running around for oxygen cylinders.
Seven COVID-19 patients die at Maha hospital, relatives allege oxygen shortage ANI | Updated: Apr 13, 2021 13:05 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): After seven COVID-19 patients died at a hospital here in Nalasopara, their relatives alleged a shortage of oxygen supply and administrative failure at the facility.
However, the hospital authorities said those patients died either due to their age or co-morbidities. It is only hospital accepting critical patients in the area. Those patients died either due to their age or co-morbidities, said a doctor from the hospital.
Senior Police Inspector Rajendra Kamble said that if the families of the deceased had a spat with hospital administration over the bill.
The death of seven persons on a single day at a hospital in Palghar district sparked anger among relatives over the alleged short supply of oxygen cylinders and administrative failure at the facility amid the rampaging Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra.