INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
drop in the oxygen pressure while filling the life-saving gas in the storage tankers late on Monday evening.Speaking to media persons late
on Monday night at the hospital, Chittoor district collector M
ventilators-equipped beds of which 55 had been occupied by patients, and some others were on high-flow oxygen.The patients became critical
as their condition deteriorated due to breathlessness after a sudden drop in the oxygen supply, much to the shock of their
(CPR) on some patients.The situation, however, went out of hands with nearly 10 patients losing their lives and leaving 10 more patients in
assessing the situation, a top police official confirmed 10 deaths.Sources said the ward was under the grip of panic as the anguished
attendants started damaging several items in the ward
Irate relatives of patients present in the hospital premises rushed into the ward and damaged some furniture after coming to know about the
incident.Fearing attack, the hospital staff, including doctors ran away from the scene
More people started reaching the hospital as some television channels flashed the news
An official in the hospital attributed the incident to the late arrival of oxygen from Chennai and said the oxygen supply was restored and
officials to take immediate steps to protect the patients
before the people and said the state government had to take responsibility for the incident.
