As many as 16 Covid-19 patients have allegedly died in two days in two districts of Andhra Pradesh after a glitch in the supply of oxygen ...
As many as 16 Covid-19 patients have allegedly died in two days in two districts of Andhra Pradesh after a glitch in the supply of oxygen at a government hospital in Anantapur and private facility in Kurnool, reported The Times of India on Sunday. However, the district authorities claimed that not all the deaths were due to a snag of oxygen supply.
Eleven of these deaths occurred in a died at the Anantapur Government General Hospital on Saturday and five died at a private facility in Kurnool district.
Anantapur Joint Collector Nishanth Kumar told The Times of India that a total of 21 Covid-19 patients have died at the Anantapur government hospital since Friday due to “various reasons”. However, he did not specify these causes.
Relatives of the patients said that doctors at the hospital told them the deaths were caused due to low pressure in the oxygen supplies.
Out of the 14 that died in the Anantapur Government General Hospital, six patients were in the orthopaedic ward and four in the chest ward. The remaining four were among 180 patients on oxygen support and in the intensive care unit. Unconfirmed reports suggested that the toll may be higher, according to The Hindu.
Anantapur District Collector Gandham Chandrudu refuted that there was a shortage of oxygen...
