Oxygen Deaths

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

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today alleged that the Delhi government has not received any letter from the Centre inquiring if any deaths in the national capital occurred due to oxygen shortage during the second Covid wave.

Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, today said no state, except one, had reported any oxygen-related deaths amid the Covid pandemic. The states were specifically asked for this data after the question was raised in Parliament.

Data from 12 states indicates there were no deaths due to a lack of medical oxygen during the second Covid wave, Health Ministry sources said on Wednesday afternoon, a week after the centre asked states and UTs to collect and submit this information.

A day after the Delhi Police told a court that the deaths of 21 Covid patients in the national capital's Jaipur Golden Hospital were not due to oxygen shortage, the families of the victims accused the authorities of trying to "whitewash" the matter.

Delhi Police told a court in Delhi on Tuesday that the death of 21 COVID-19 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital in April was not caused due to oxygen shortage, a claim which contradicts the hospital's stand.

Earlier the Centre was severely criticised for saying it does not have data related to deaths caused by oxygen shortage in the country. Now it has asked states to supply the information, which it wants to collate and present before the country.

Days after the central government's statement in parliament that "no deaths due to oxygen shortage have been reported by states" during the second Covid wave, the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government has made an all-out attack on the centre.

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

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today alleged that the Delhi government has not received any letter from the Centre inquiring if any deaths in the national capital occurred due to oxygen shortage during the second Covid wave.

Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, today said no state, except one, had reported any oxygen-related deaths amid the Covid pandemic. The states were specifically asked for this data after the question was raised in Parliament.

Data from 12 states indicates there were no deaths due to a lack of medical oxygen during the second Covid wave, Health Ministry sources said on Wednesday afternoon, a week after the centre asked states and UTs to collect and submit this information.

A day after the Delhi Police told a court that the deaths of 21 Covid patients in the national capital's Jaipur Golden Hospital were not due to oxygen shortage, the families of the victims accused the authorities of trying to "whitewash" the matter.

Delhi Police told a court in Delhi on Tuesday that the death of 21 COVID-19 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital in April was not caused due to oxygen shortage, a claim which contradicts the hospital's stand.

Earlier the Centre was severely criticised for saying it does not have data related to deaths caused by oxygen shortage in the country. Now it has asked states to supply the information, which it wants to collate and present before the country.

Days after the central government's statement in parliament that "no deaths due to oxygen shortage have been reported by states" during the second Covid wave, the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government has made an all-out attack on the centre.