Six Patients Die Following Oxygen Crisis At Private Hospital In Amritsar

Chandigarh: Six patients, including five Covid ones, died at a private hospital in Amritsar early on Saturday after they lost oxygen supply due to its shortage.

Family members of the victims said there was no oxygen flowing to the ventilators at Neelkanth Multispecialty Hospital, leading to their deaths.

They were informed on Friday night by hospital authorities that oxygen supply from the government was running short and they should make arrangement.

A doctor of the hospital informed the media that they had repeatedly expressed concern over the delay in replenishing medical oxygen cylinders and also of running out of its supply with the district authorities.

“We were told by a nodal official of the health department that the priority of supplying oxygen is to the government hospitals. After that the demand from the private hospitals would be met,” he added. (IANS)