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Nashik: Atleast 22 people were killed in an oxygen tanker leak incident at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik district, said Food and Drug
Over 20 Covid-19 patients dead after Oxygen tanker leak in Maharashtra hospital, probe underway
These patients were being treated at a hospital run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation for the COVID-19 patients.
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NASHIK: At least 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilator support suffocated to death on Wednesday when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly because of a malfunction in the main storage at a civic-run hospital in Nashik in Maharashtra, officials said.
The dead included 11 men and an equal number of women.
The government will probe if the tragedy at the Dr Zakir Husain Hospital was due to negligence, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.
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Valve malfunction led to disruption of oxygen supply to COVID-19 patients on life support.
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Medical oxygen leaks from a storage unit at Zakir Hussain Municipal Hospital in Nashik on April 21, 2021. The leak interrupted oxygen supply leading to the death of several COVID-19 patients. | Photo Credit:
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Valve malfunction led to disruption of oxygen supply to COVID-19 patients on life support.
At least 24 COVID-19 patients on life support died after an oxygen tank leak disrupted the supply at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra, on Wednesday.
Attributing the leakage to a valve malfunction, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said a high-level probe had been ordered to ascertain if the incident was caused by negligence.