Oxygen Deaths

Three patients who were admitted at VIMS or Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences government hospital in Ballari district of Karnataka died allegedly after oxygen was cut off due to power outage.

A parliamentary committee has demanded the Union Health Ministry "audit deaths due to oxygen shortage", especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable robust documentation of the mortalities.

The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that confirmed death due to oxygen shortage has not been reported by any state or union territory although over 5.21 lakh fatalities due to COVID-19 have been recorded in India.

Congress MP P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a jibe at the Centre for not having official data on COVID deaths due to oxygen shortage.

There is no immediate need for imposing lockdown or additional restrictions in Mumbai as the bed occupancy rate, oxygen requirement and number of COVID-19 deaths are low, municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal said on Friday.

The Uttar Pradesh government today told the legislative council that no death due to lack of oxygen was reported in the state during the second wave of COVID-19, a claim rejected by the opposition.

The government had sought data from states and Union Territories on deaths of Covid patients due to oxygen shortage during the second wave and only Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh responded, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths increased in India in April and May, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and several others ran so short of oxygen that many patients in the national capital suffocated.

Citing Supreme Court's task force to refuse to form a probe panel for oxygen-related deaths is a fraud played by the Centre, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said today. He requested the Union government to probe the matter of the deaths.

Delhi government has told Delhi High Court that there is no reason or lawful justification for the Lieutenant Governor to object to constitution of a high powered committee to probe deaths caused by alleged oxygen shortage during second Covid wave.

No deaths due to a lack of oxygen have been reported in Haryana during the Covid pandemic, the state government informed the assembly on Friday.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected a proposal by the Arvind Kejriwal government to set up a committee to establish number of people who died during the second Covid wave due to a lack of oxygen, and award Rs 5 lakh compensation.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi government's proposal to form a panel to "investigate deaths due to oxygen shortage" in the national capital.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today, seeking a response on deaths that occurred due to lack of oxygen during the second wave of Covid earlier

An unspecified number of COVID-19 patients died due to a lack of medical oxygen at a hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati during the second wave, the centre told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday

Three patients who were admitted at VIMS or Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences government hospital in Ballari district of Karnataka died allegedly after oxygen was cut off due to power outage.

A parliamentary committee has demanded the Union Health Ministry "audit deaths due to oxygen shortage", especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable robust documentation of the mortalities.

The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that confirmed death due to oxygen shortage has not been reported by any state or union territory although over 5.21 lakh fatalities due to COVID-19 have been recorded in India.

Congress MP P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a jibe at the Centre for not having official data on COVID deaths due to oxygen shortage.

There is no immediate need for imposing lockdown or additional restrictions in Mumbai as the bed occupancy rate, oxygen requirement and number of COVID-19 deaths are low, municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal said on Friday.

The Uttar Pradesh government today told the legislative council that no death due to lack of oxygen was reported in the state during the second wave of COVID-19, a claim rejected by the opposition.

The government had sought data from states and Union Territories on deaths of Covid patients due to oxygen shortage during the second wave and only Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh responded, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths increased in India in April and May, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and several others ran so short of oxygen that many patients in the national capital suffocated.

Citing Supreme Court's task force to refuse to form a probe panel for oxygen-related deaths is a fraud played by the Centre, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said today. He requested the Union government to probe the matter of the deaths.

Delhi government has told Delhi High Court that there is no reason or lawful justification for the Lieutenant Governor to object to constitution of a high powered committee to probe deaths caused by alleged oxygen shortage during second Covid wave.

No deaths due to a lack of oxygen have been reported in Haryana during the Covid pandemic, the state government informed the assembly on Friday.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected a proposal by the Arvind Kejriwal government to set up a committee to establish number of people who died during the second Covid wave due to a lack of oxygen, and award Rs 5 lakh compensation.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi government's proposal to form a panel to "investigate deaths due to oxygen shortage" in the national capital.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today, seeking a response on deaths that occurred due to lack of oxygen during the second wave of Covid earlier

An unspecified number of COVID-19 patients died due to a lack of medical oxygen at a hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati during the second wave, the centre told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday