Oxygen scarcity: After Rewari, 5 die in Hisar, probe ordered

A day after 4 Covid-19 sufferers died gasping for oxygen at a personal hospital in Rewari, 5 extra Covid sufferers died in one other personal hospital in Hisar that ran out of oxygen within the early hours on Monday.
Agitated members of the family accused the hospital authorities of not offering well timed remedy to their kin, whereas the hospital blamed the district administration for not giving satisfactory oxygen provide to the hospital.
Following orders from chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, residence minister Anil Vij has marked a magisterial probe into oxygen-related deaths in Rewari, Hisar and Gurgaon.

In the most recent incident at Hisar’s Soni hospital, all 5 sufferers who misplaced their lives had been on ventilator assist. They had been recognized as Arvind (60), a resident of Mansa, Punjab; Rajeshwar (45), Satender (26) and Raje Ram (67), residents of Hisar and Delhi resident Anil Kumar.
The hospital ran out of oxygen late Sunday night time. After about 4 hours, barely two cylinders could possibly be organized, however by the point the provision could possibly be restored, these 5 sufferers had died.
While offended members of the family blamed these deaths on the hospital authorities, Dr. Rajat Soni from the institute refuted all such allegations and stated all of the sufferers had been offered satisfactory medical remedy.
“Out of the 22 beds, 15 beds were reserved for Covid-19 patients in the hospital. We had seven oxygen cylinders, but the plant that supplies us O2 could not replenish these in time. There was a long queue when our team went to the plant and we could get oxygen only by 0400 hours Monday. We arranged two cylinders from other sources, but by the time our team returned and oxygen was restored, five patients had died,” Dr Soni stated.
Meanwhile, CM Manohar Lal Khattar visited Panipat and Hisar on Monday to evaluation the provision of oxygen and progress of labor on makeshift hospitals in each districts.

The CM stated, “I learnt about the mishap that took place in Soni hospital. The exact cause of death is being ascertained… I have also given instructions for a magisterial probe. Deputy Commissioner has been given instructions so that such an incident does not take place again.”