13 COVID Patients Died at Chengalpet Hospital Last Week. What Actually Happened?
Doctors claim there is a lack of oxygen. The district administration blames a glitch in the system. And Tamil Nadu chief minister Stalin demands an increase of medical oxygen from the Centre.
Doctors in Chengalpet protesting against the lack of adequate oxygen. Photo: Twitter/@Ganesh11062001
Health10/May/2021
Chennai: On May 2, as Tamil Nadu waited for the results of the assembly elections, patients of COVID-19 at Chengalpet Government Hospital (GH) began dying.
The relatives of those patients believed that something had gone terribly wrong, but were too dazed to question the doctors beyond a point. In any case, their focus was on the release of their relativesâ bodies, a procedure that took much of the day.
Eleven patients at Chengalpet Govt Hospital die, lack of oxygen suspected to be cause
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District administration denies oxygen shortage; doctors at the hospital stage strike; inquiry held
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District administration denies oxygen shortage; doctors at the hospital stage strike; inquiry held
Eleven COVID-19 patients, who were admitted to the Chengalpet Government Hospital are suspected to have died due to non-availability of oxygen, on Tuesday night.
While the district administration denied this, the doctors at hospital staged a a strike on Wednesday, demanding oxygen supply to the hospital.
The victims are yet to be identified by the Chengalpet district administration.