Man's Oxygen Mask Catches Fire In Hospital, Probe Ordered After He Dies
NDTV
Family members of the dead claimed Vaibhav Sharma, a resident of Anantpura Talab, died on Wednesday night when an oxygen mask over his face allegedly caught fire after Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion shock treatment and stuck to his neck in ICU.
A panel of senior doctors and forensic team will probe allegations of medical negligence against a government hospital here after a 23-year-old died in treatment, officials said.
Family members of the dead claimed Vaibhav Sharma, a resident of Anantpura Talab, died on Wednesday night when an oxygen mask over his face allegedly caught fire after Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion shock treatment and stuck to his neck in ICU.
However, the authorities at New Medical College Hospital, Kota rejected allegations of negligence even as they confirmed that the oxygen mask caught fire. They said the dead was a TB patient with GI perforation in critical condition. He was given CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) an hour earlier before DC shock was administered to revive him, they said.
