Minimum 22 COVID-19 patients died due to lack of oxygen after an oxygen tanker leaked outside a hospital in Maharashtra’s Nashik city causing oxygen supply to be halted for around 30 minutes, reports NDTV.
According to the report, all the victims were on ventilators and in need of constant oxygen supply.
The tragic incident took place at the city’s Zakir Hussain Hospital which is a Covid-dedicated facility. Around 150 patients were either oxygen-dependant or on ventilators.
“As per the current information, 22 people have died due to the interrupted supply of oxygen at the Zakir Hussain municipal hospital. The patients were on ventilators as well as on oxygen supply, which got interrupted after the leakage in the oxygen supply tank,” district collector Suraj Mandhare said.
