A woman helps her father breathe with the aid of supplemental oxygen provided by an NGO on a pavement in Bengaluru
MYSURU: Hospitals continued to battle a shortage in oxygen with a private hospital in Mysuru narrowly averting a Chamarajanagar-like tragedy.
The private hospital, which is treating Covid patients, approached authorities on Sunday midnight seeking fresh stock. They told officials they had only 45 minutes of oxygen left. However, authorities managed to arrange a refill in time.
More than 650 Covid patients at Krishnarajendra Hospital, a government facility, faced a similar threat on Monday. The hospital in Mysuru has a tank of 13 kilo litres capacity.
Oxygen shortage deaths | War of words between Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar continues
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Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri clarifyied that previously, she had neither rationed nor controlled oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar
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Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri clarifyied that previously, she had neither rationed nor controlled oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar The war of words between the Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar over the death of COVID-19 patients in Chamarajanagar district hospital due to non-availability of oxygen continued on Wednesday with the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri clarifying that she neither rationed nor controlled oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar.
War of words between DCs continues
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I did not ration or control oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar district, says Rohini Sindhuri
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I did not ration or control oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar district, says Rohini Sindhuri
The war of words between the Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar over the death of COVID-19 patients in Chamarajanagar district hospital due to non-availability of oxygen continued on Wednesday with the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri clarifying that she neither rationed nor controlled oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar.
“I categorically state that as Deputy Commissioner Mysuru, I did not ration or control oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar district or any other district”, Ms Sindhuri said in a statement on Wednesday.
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