Delhi govt forms 6-member panel to assess cases of patients who died due to lack of oxygen
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Delhi govt forms 6-member panel to assess cases of patients who died due to lack of oxygen

The panel is meant to grant compensation and check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms, an official order said.

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The Shehnai banquet hall is a covid facility that was opened last year. The facility is currently overburdened unlike last year. This facility did not have oxygen cylinders, but it does have now, as most of the patients complaint of breathing difficulties | Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Distressed patients at a Covid facility lacking oxygen cylinders l Representational Image | Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

New Delhi: The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of patients who died due to lack of oxygen recently in the national capital for grant of compensation, an official order said on Thursday.

According to the order, the committee will check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms.

Earlier this month, 12 patients at Delhi’s Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died due to shortage of oxygen.

On April 24, 20 Covid patients had died at Jaipur Golden Hospital as the frantic hunt for oxygen continued while COVID-19 cases surged in the national capital.

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