Read More | Source: Times of India | Title: Probe ordered into death of 4 Covid patients in Jammu
JAMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir administration has ordered an inquiry into the death of four people, allegedly due to shortage of medical oxygen, at a private hospital in Jammu.
Four people undergoing Covid-19 treatment at Acharaya Shri Chander Colleges of Medical Sciences and Hospital (ASCOMS) had died on Saturday and Sunday, and family members of one of the patients had alleged that the deaths were caused due to shortage of oxygen, while hospital management denied it.
Financial commissioner, health and medical education department, Atal Dulloo appointed Jammu divisional commissioner Raghav Langer to look into the circumstances leading to the incident. The order issued by the divisional commissioner said that the inquiry officer would look into the circumstances leading to the incident. It was alleged that the patients had died at the hospital because authorities had cut off the oxygen supply for some time for reasons best known to them.
A video had also surfaced on social media wherein the relatives of a deceased accused the hospital administration of “snapping” the oxygen supply, prompting authorities to take notice of the incident.
Earlier, the director principal of ASCOMS Dr Pavan Malhotra had denied allegations of shortage of oxygen. “The oxygen supply to the hospital is adequate and we are not admitting any non-Covid patients to focus on the care of Covid patients,” the principal said.
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