7 Covid Patients Die In Karnataka Hospitals Allegedly Due To Oxygen Shortage 7 Covid Patients Die In Karnataka Hospitals Allegedly Due To Oxygen Shortage These incidents came close on the heels of deaths of 24 COVID patients in the last two days in Chamarajanagar district hospital allegedly due to oxygen shortage.
Meanwhile, in Bengaluru a few hospitals raised an alarm against the oxygen shortage. (Representational)
Bengaluru:
Oxygen crisis deepened in certain parts of Karnataka on Tuesday, with the deaths of seven COVID patients in Kalaburagi and Belagavi allegedly due to oxygen shortage.
According to sources close to news agency PTI, four people died in the morning in Kalaburagi government hospital and three in Belagavi government hospital allegedly due to shortage of the life saving gas.
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An executive of the Chaitanya Medical Centre in Yelahanka said there was an oxygen crisis on Monday due to which they had to shift all their COVID patients to other hospitals.
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The Bengaluru Rural MP D K Suresh too expressed concern over the paucity of the life-saving gas in Rajarajeshwari Medical College in the city.
Oxygen crisis deepened in certain parts of Karnataka, including the state capital with hospitals openly raising concern over the gap in oxygen supply. The development comes close on the heels of deaths of 24 COVID patients in the last two days in Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to oxygen shortage.
5 Karnataka ministers made in charge of Covid care
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Patna: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa addresses during a 90-minute inaugural programme streamed digitally in all the 30 districts across the state for the benefit of the party cadres and the public, to mark the week-long celebrations on co. Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, May 4 : The Karnataka cabinet on Tuesday made five ministers in-charge of various aspects of Covid care across the state. Ministers in-charge of the districts will supervise the supply of oxygen, beds, anti-viral drug Remdesivir and other requirements for treating Covid patients in state-run and private hospitals, said an official statement after the cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa.
Only 10% of people have been able to take the second jab;
Palike says that the supply of
vaccines has been disrupted due to the
Centre’s policy changes
Getting the second dose of vaccine has become a daunting task for many people in the city especially for senior citizens. Some are even running from one healthcare centre to the other, hoping to take the second dose on time. Data shows that more than 70 per cent to 90 per cent of the people who have taken the first dose of vaccine are yet to get a second one, indicating a shortage in the availability of vaccine.
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For six days, Sushma Gowda waited to hear from the BBMP control room about a bed for her brother who was suffering from COVID-19. With no means to take him to a private hospital, a government bed was her only hope. That call never came and her brother died at home.
Anyone who has tried to get a bed allocated from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is often driven to despair. The beds are always almost full, especially oxygenated and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds.