
Plea in Supreme Court seeks judicial probe into Nashik hospital oxygen leak
The Hindu
Twenty-two COVID-19 patients suffocated to death when oxygen supply stopped due to malfunction
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an independent judicial enquiry into the oxygen leak incident in a Nashik hospital that killed 22 patients. The PIL petition filed by NGO ‘Save Them India Foundation’ has sought setting up a three-member commission under the chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court judge to probe the incident. The plea, filed through advocate Vishal Tiwari, has also sought directions to initiate policies and guidelines for the channelised, administered distribution of medical equipment and to set up a technical committee for the monitoring of medical equipment crisis.More Related News

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