The horror unfolded around 1:25am on Thursday when relatives began making SOS calls saying that oxygen levels were dropping at GMC. Wards 143, 144, 145, 146 and 149 faced oxygen shortage.
PANAJI: Tragedy struck the Goa Medical College (GMC) again on Thursday, with 15 Covid-19 patients dying due to erratic supply of oxygen. As many as 26 patients had died at the premier state government hospital on Tuesday.
The deaths took place a day after the Bombay high court directed the state government to ensure that there are no more casualties at GMC due to oxygen shortage.
“The oxygen interruptions are causing problems leading to deaths. Last night, the interruption that was caused between midnight and 8am caused 15 deaths,” GMC nodal officer Dr Viraj Khandeparkar told the high court, which is hearing a PIL regarding oxygen shortage.
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PANAJI: Tragedy struck the Goa Medical College (GMC) yet again on Thursday, with 15 Covid-19 patients dying due to erratic supply of oxygen.
As many as 26 patients had died at the premier state-run hospital on Tuesday. A day after, on Wednesday, the Bombay high court had directed the Goa government to ensure that there are no more casualties at the hospital due to oxygen shortage.
There were also unconfirmed reports of some deaths on Wednesday.
“The oxygen interruptions are causing problems leading to deaths. Last night, the interruption that was caused between midnight and 8am caused 15 deaths,” GMC nodal officer Dr Viraj Khandeparkar told the high court, which is hearing a PIL regarding oxygen shortage.
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PANAJI: Tragedy struck the Goa Medical College (GMC) yet again on Thursday, with 15 Covid-19 patients dying due to erratic supply of oxygen.
As many as 26 patients had died at the premier state-run hospital on Tuesday. A day after, on Wednesday, the Bombay high court had directed the Goa government to ensure that there are no more casualties at the hospital due to oxygen shortage.
There were also unconfirmed reports of some deaths on Wednesday.
“The oxygen interruptions are causing problems leading to deaths. Last night, the interruption that was caused between midnight and 8am caused 15 deaths,” GMC nodal officer Dr Viraj Khandeparkar told the high court, which is hearing a PIL regarding oxygen shortage.
26 die of oxygen shortage at Goa hospital; CM blames dearth of oxygen truck drivers
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Tue, May 11 2021 20:21 IST |
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Panaji, May 11 : Lack of expert drivers manning trucks ferrying oxygen has led to the oxygen shortage crisis in Goa s top hospital, Goa Medical College, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane claimed that 26 persons died within four hours due to shortage of oxygen at the apex health facility.
Rane, who has been at loggerheads with Sawant over control of the state s Covid management apparatus, has now urged the Bombay High Court to probe the oxygen shortage issue at the Goa Medical College and take over the Covid management system at the health facility.
Oxygen aplenty, but cylinders not reaching patients in time: Goa CM
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Tue, May 11 2021 13:42 IST |
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Panaji, May 11 : Oxygen is aplenty in Goa s hospitals, but the shortage occurs only because the cylinders cannot reach the patients in time, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, after personally inspecting facilities in the Covid ward of the state s top government hospital, the Goa Medical College.
Sawant also said that he was the first Chief Minister in the country to visit a Covid ward and said that the oxygen supply process would be streamlined in a day.