After deaths, disagreement between Chamarajanagar and Mysuru DCs; govt appoints retired HC decide to probe case

Days after 23 individuals died allegedly because of lack of oxygen provide in a district hospital in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district, a disagreement has began between district commissioners of the Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. The state authorities has appointed a retired excessive court docket decide to probe the case.
The district commissioner of Chamarajanagar Dr MR Ravi has issued a press release blaming his Mysuru counterpart Rohini Sindhuri for the deaths, which he stated occurred because of “enormous delay in supply” of the oxygen.  “This tragedy could have been averted if Mysuru had given the oxygen on time. This has been going on for a week to 10 days now. I had also informed the Chief Secretary and district in-charge minister regarding this. Even the nodal officers and the team handling distribution of oxygen were informed of the shortage,” he stated.
In his allegation in opposition to Sindhuri, he additionally stated that statements by the Mysuru district administration present that they had been making an attempt to “mislead” the individuals. “Mysuru district administration has said that they had 250 cylinders but I received only 50 cylinders at 2:20 am from Mysuru. If I had the 250 cylinders that they claim, why would the people die?” he questioned.
“This is not a recent affair or an overnight scenario. On Monday, it was an extreme situation. For the past 10 days, my district officers would go and wait in Mysuru for oxygen cylinders Even when they got them, they would bring the cylinders only with permission from the district authorities. I have already asked the District Commissioner of Mysuru to instruct the Mysuru district administration not to interfere in matters of our district,” he added.
On Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri stated that she neither rationed nor managed oxygen provides to Chamarajanagar district.

Issuing clarifications on allegations of her not allotting oxygen provide on time to Chamarajanagar, Sindhuri stated, “The matter is under enquiry as per orders issued by the state government. However, the Chamarajnagar Deputy Commissioner, without waiting for the enquiry to be completed, continues to make false allegations in the media against the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru.”
She added, “I categorically state that as Deputy Commissioner Mysuru I did not ration or control oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar or any other district. The oxygen supplies to a district are entirely decided between the supplier/re-filler and the district. Another Deputy Commissioner has no role or authority in the same. Moreover, it is the responsibility of the district to manage its own oxygen supplies. If any supplier does not supply or district needs are not met, then supervision and correction is done by the state-level officers. The DC of Chamarajnagar should have coordinated with these officers and got his supplies. He failed to do that and is now blaming the Mysuru DC.”
She additional stated, “As a matter of fact, Mysuru district, upon emergency request from Chamarajnagar, took out 40 oxygen cylinders out of its own district hospital on the night of  May 1 and sent them to Chamarajnagar. All these facts will be proved in the enquiry that is already underway.”
The clarification by Sindhuri was additionally adopted by a press release issued by the Deputy Drugs Controller, Mysuru Region with the main points of the oxygen equipped to Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences from refillers in Mysuru.
The assertion by Deputy Drugs Controller stated a complete of 251 cylinders had been despatched between 10.20 am of May 2 and three.15 am of May 3.
Karnataka authorities appoints retired excessive court docket decide to probe incident
Meanwhile, the Karnataka authorities Wednesday appointed retired Karnataka High Court decide Justice BA Patil as part of a one-man fee to hold out an enquiry into the 23 deaths in Chamarajanagar district hospital allegedly because of oxygen scarcity on May 3.
The fee will submit its report inside one month, the order acknowledged.
Earlier, the district classes court docket decide Sadashiva S. Sultanpuri visited the hospital to take inventory of the state of affairs and in addition spoke to the Chamarajanagar district commissioner MR Ravi.
The households of the sufferers who misplaced their lives have alleged that the deaths occurred due to a scarcity of medical oxygen on the facility. The state authorities has claimed solely three of the deaths occurred because of this motive.
Justice Patil’s appointment comes a day after the Karnataka High Court stated the Chamarajanagar tragedy is a match case for an enquiry by a retired excessive court docket decide.
The Karnataka authorities earlier had ordered a probe into the matter and appointed senior IAS officer Shivayogi Kalasad because the inquiry officer.

The Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice Patil will likely be primarily based out of Mysuru, based on state authorities order. According to the notification issued on Wednesday, the fee “shall exercise all the powers under Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952 and under the Code of Civil procedure to conduct an inquiry into the above incidents”.
The notification has additionally acknowledged that the deputy commissioners of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar will instantly hand over all paperwork and materials proof to the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare, who will submit them to the inquiry fee.