Thirteen more Covid-19 patients died at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours of Friday, a senior health department official said, taking to 75 the number of people who have succumbed at the government-run facility here in the last four days. The horror at the GMCH is continuing even as the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court is hearing petitions related to deaths during the dark hours at the premier hospital. While the state government has not revealed the exact cause of recent deaths at the GMCH, it has told the HC that there were logistic issues related to supply of medical oxygen to patients.
Despite raising an SOS, police and health department officials reaching GMC in the wee hours of the night after the alarm of oxygen fluctuations in central pipeline was raised, 15 people died last night.
PANAJI: The state government’s failure to rectify the erratic supply of oxygen at Goa Medical College saw around 15 more Covid-19 patients dying in the “dark hours” of Thursday. The deaths, which occurred between 2am and 6am, coincided with a two hour long phase where oxygen pressure in GMC’s central line plummeted.
The crisis unfolded around 1:25 am when relatives began making SOS calls saying that oxygen levels were dropping at GMC. The reports were confirmed at 2.10 am when it was established that wards 145, 144, 146, 143, 149 GMC had an oxygen shortage. A doctor at ward 147 said only three cylinders were left. The drop has happened second time tonight. Patients on ventilator are being affected. docs at GMC begin to get flustered as authorities avoid their SOS calls.
O2 shortage: Overcome logistical hurdles to save lives, says Bombay HC to Goa govt
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Panaji, May 13 : The Goa state administration is expected to overcome logistical hurdles to ensure that lives are not lost due to oxygen shortage, the Bombay High Court on Thursday said. The HC bench in Goa also directed the central government to ensure that the allotted quota is made available to the state at the earliest .
The Court, which is hearing a bunch of petitions which have alleged mismanagement in the state government efforts to tackle the pandemic, also said that its primary responsibility was to save lives at the moment.
Ensure no one dies of oxygen shortage tonight, Bombay HC tells Goa
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Panaji, May 12 : The Bombay High Court s Panaji bench on Wednesday said that oxygen paucity in the state s apex health facility was grim and directed top government officials that no death should occur at least on Wednesday night due to lack of oxygen.
The court, which is hearing a bunch of petitions which have alleged mismanagement in the state government efforts to tackle the pandemic, also said that its primary responsibility was to save lives at the moment.
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Nobody to enter Goa without negative COVID-19 report, says HC
The Bombay High Court s Goa bench on Tuesday ordered that no person will be allowed to enter the coastal state without a negative COVID-19 test report, except in cases of medical emergency. The court slammed the administration for not implementing its earlier interim order fully and instead carving out an exception for local residents.
Following the court s May 6 directive, administration of North Goa and South Goa districts issued orders last week making it mandatory for visitors to carry negative COVID-19 test reports while arriving.
But a bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahesh Sonak, hearing a PIL on coronavirus situation, pointed out that the order applied to every person arriving in Goa, whether a visitor or local resident.