PANAJI: The dark hour between 2am and 6am claimed eight more lives on Saturday due to oxygen fluctuations at Goa Medical College, taking the toll of Covid patients dead due to the oxygen crisis at the premier government hospital to 83 during the past five days.
While the GMC doctors were reluctant to directly attribute the deaths to an erratic oxygen supply, nurses, relatives of patients and volunteers confirmed to TOI that transitory dips in oxygen were noticed throughout the night.
“We cannot directly say that this is the reason (interruption in oxygen supply) why they died. Most of the patients die because of Covid pneumonia and oxygen is an important part of the treatment,” said GMC dean Dr S M Bandekar.
75 COVID-19 Patients Have Died Over 4 Days in Goa Hospital Facing Oxygen Crisis
The Goa Medical College and Hospital has told the high court it is facing logistic issues in oxygen supply.
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New Delhi:Â As many as 75 COVID-19 patients have lost their lives at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in just the last four days, as the union territory’s largest hospital faces “logistic issues” in the supply of medical oxygen.
Thirteen more COVID-19 patients died at GMCH in the early hours of Friday, a senior health department official said.
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 high court that there were “logistic issues” related to supply of medical oxygen to patients.
At least 13 patients admitted at COVID wards died on Friday morning
Goa bench of Bombay HC is hearing petitions related to deaths during dark hours at the hospital
PANAJI: At least 13 more COVID-19 patients died at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours of Friday (May 14), 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.
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May 14, 2021 16:58 IST
The horror at the Goa Medical College and Hospital 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
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The horror at the Goa Medical College and Hospital 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 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.