CCTV Shows Oxygen Supply Unplugged, Alleges Family After Covid Patient's Death

The CCTV clip, nearly one-minute long, shows the elderly main, visibly distressed.

More than a year after India's fight against COVID-19 began, the virus is spreading faster than ever before and appalling stories of distress are being reported from across the country. In Madhya Pradesh, which is battling the second Covid wave like many other states, several shocking incidents have come to fore in the last few days. In the latest incident, a CCTV footage recovered from a hospital in Shivpuri, about 300 km from state capital Bhopal, has led to a probe into a coronavirus patient's death as his family alleged his oxygen supply was removed by hospital staff. The hospital administration, however, has denied any lapses into the death of Surendra Sharma, the Covid patient. His son, Deepak, said he was with his father till 11:30 PM on Tuesday. Hours after he left for home, he received a call from hospital.   "He had been feeling better for the last two-three days. He was eating food, and things were getting better. But on Tuesday night, the staff removed his oxygen supply. I got a call in the morning. I rushed to the hospital and I requested the staff to give him oxygen. They refused. Then I took him to the ICU (intensive care unit) but he died within 15 minutes," Deepak recalled.