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MYSURU: Chamarajanagar district, where 24 people died allegedly after a Covid-19 hospital ran out of oxygen during the second wave, is leaving no stone unturned in gearing up for a possible third wave of Covid-19 infections.
A 120-bed children care unit has been set up at Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) hospital and 10 beds have been reserved for children at staterun hospitals in Kollegal, Yelandur and Gundlupet to tackle a possible surge.
These units have been equipped with infrastructure such as oxygen and emergency drugs and have been fitted with high flow nasal cannula, CPAP machines and ventilators for children.
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BENGALURU: Close to 524 deaths have taken place between April and May 16 either due to lack of oxygen, shortage or denial in India during its second wave of Covid-19, a community of open data professionals have estimated.
The open data tracker made by Data Meet was created with an aim to archive lost lives due to the lack of oxygen and counter the ongoing denial and erasure of these deaths in official and government narratives.
The publicly available tracker estimated that the highest number of oxygen related deaths (83 deaths) took place across five medical colleges in Goa. Karnataka reposted 54 such deaths till May 16, including 36 persons at Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, 4 patients at KBN Hospital at Kalaburagi, 2 patients at Arka Hospital in Bengaluru, 5 at Shri Bhanji D Khimji Lifeline Hospital in Hubballi, 4 at Kalaburagi government hospital and 3 at Belagavi government hospital.
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The three-member committee appointed by the Karnataka High Court to probe the Chamarajanagar hospital tragedy stated in its report that all the 24 deaths on the intervening night of May 2-3 occurred due to lack of oxygen. The report stated that between 11 pm on May 2 and early hours on May 3, there was absolutely no oxygen at the district hospital, attached to Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS).
The committee, headed by retired high court judge Justice A N Venugopala Gowda and comprising another retired judge of the high court K N Keshavanarayana and retired IPS officer S T Ramesh, has recommended that the families of the deceased be granted suitable compensation since deaths occurred due to gross negligence of the authorities.