Probe into death of 5 due to disruption of oxygen supply in Uttar Pradesh

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.