11 Patients Die At Tirupati Ruia After O2 Disruption, CM YS Jagan Orders Probe May 11, 2021, 10:51 IST
TIRUPATI: At least eleven patients died and the condition of five others was stated to be critical, after the oxygen supply was disrupted for a brief period at the SVR Ruia Government Hospital in Tirupati, on Monday evening.
As per the hospital authorities, there were only 11 deaths, but victims alleged that the fatalities score might double. Chittoor District Collector Hari Narayanan told that the oxygen tanker coming to the hospital from Chennai was delayed. The authorities in the meantime used bulk cylinders to supply oxygen to patients who were on ventilators in the ICU.
11 COVID patients die in Tirupati s Ruia Hospital due to disruption in oxygen supply
According to District Collector Hari Narayanan, an oxygen tanker coming to the hospital from Chennai in Tamil Nadu was delayed.
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Eleven patients died and the condition of several others was critical after oxygen supply was disrupted for some time at the SVR Ruia Government Hospital. (Photo | EPS) By Express News Service
TIRUPATI: Eleven patients died and the condition of at least five others was critical after oxygen supply was disrupted for some time at the SVR Ruia Government Hospital here Monday night.
Officials grappling with spike in cases and surge in demand for vaccination
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While the new infections touched a high of 497, the stock of doses ran dry
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Collector M. Hari Narayanan speaking to medical teams during his inspection of the COVID ward at the district hospital in Chittoor on Friday.
While the new infections touched a high of 497, the stock of doses ran dry
The alarming rise in the COVID-19 cases in what is considered the second wave, coupled with the stock of vaccines running dry, is unnerving the people and officials as well in Chittoor district.
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He also stresses the need to practise yoga for mental and physical fitness
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President Ram Nath Kovind addressing the students on the campus of Satsang Foundation, near Madanapalle, in Chittoor district on Sunday.
He also stresses the need to practise yoga for mental and physical fitness
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that students would go places only when they mastered several languages. He further stressed the need for youngsters to practise yoga in order to improve their mental and physical abilities.
Mr. Ram Nath Kovind was interacting with the students of the Satsang Foundation after laying the stone for Satsang Ashram, near Chippili, on the outskirts of Madanapalle town in Chittoor district.