Probe into death of 5 due to disruption of oxygen supply in Uttar Pradesh
The Hindu
Situation is tight and we are trying to meet requirements of all hospitals, says Meerut CMO
The Meerut administration has launched a probe into the death of five patients in a private hospital after the kin alleged that the deaths occurred due to disruption of oxygen supply. The relatives created ruckus in the hospital premises following which police had to appear on the scene. Ujjwal Gupta said a nurse in the hospital had informed the family that their patient’s oxygen support system had run out of gas and that he was facing difficulty in breathing. “There was nobody to check if the oxygen was over or to refill it,” he told reporters, adding that there was no staff or doctor to explain to them how the patient died or how to take his body for final rites.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.