Chamarajanagar deaths: Now, Karnataka sends crew of medical doctors for probe

Hours after the Karnataka High Court deputed a fact-finding committee comprising two retired HC judges to look into the 23 deaths in Chamarajanagar district hospital allegedly as a result of oxygen scarcity on May 3, the state authorities despatched a crew of medical doctors to research the tragedy.
The crew of medical doctors that reached Mysuru on Thursday will probably be within the district for 2 days.
The transfer comes after the Chamarajanagar district administration submitted a loss of life audit report during which it said that solely three sufferers died as a result of lack of oxygen on May 3. District in-charge minister Suresh Kumar stated {that a} crew of medical doctors will probe the Chamarajanagar tragedy and deaths. “The state government has sent the team of doctors and other experts to two districts,” he stated.
On Wednesday, the High Court had appointed the committee of the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority with Justices AN Venugopala Gowda as chairman and KN Keshavanarayana as a member to probe the incident. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka handed an order to this impact and advised to submit the report by Monday. The state had Wednesday morning, following an order by the house division, appointed retired Karnataka High Court choose Justice BA Patil to hold out an inquiry into the Chamarajanagar tragedy.
On the day of the incident, the Chamarajanagar district periods courtroom choose Sadashiva S Sultanpuri visited the hospital to take inventory of the state of affairs and likewise spoke to the Chamarajanagar district commissioner MR Ravi.
The households of the sufferers who misplaced their lives have alleged that the deaths occured due to a scarcity of medical oxygen on the facility. The state authorities has claimed solely three of the deaths occurred as a result of this purpose.
A day after the incident, the Karnataka authorities had ordered a probe and appointed senior IAS officer Shivayogi Kalasad because the inquiry officer.