Agra hospital deaths: Doctors doubtful about mock drill claim, seek probe

Doctors have raised questions over a video that went viral on Tuesday in which the owner of a private Agra hospital said that the hospital turned off the oxygen supply for five minutes in a “mock drill”. They have demanded an investigation into the matter.

Agra's Shri Paras Hospital incident gained national attention after the video of the hospital owner went viral. The hospital owner described the incident, in which 22 Covid-19 patients allegedly died, as a “mock drill”. Dr Arinjay Jain, who runs the private hospital, was caught bragging on a video about how the hospital turned off the oxygen supply for five minutes in a “mock drill” to identify “who will die and who will survive”. The video is said to have been recorded on April 27 but became a subject of interest only on June 8.