Why Oxygen supply disrupted in UP Hospital??
According to sources in a most shocking and tragic incident, more than 30 children died since Thursday, currently the death toll raised to 63, due to lack of oxygen supply at Baba Raghav Das Medical college in Gorakhpur, allegations say that a private contractor stopped supplying oxygen cylinders as the government run hospital failed to pay the dues of about Rs 70 lakh.
According to sources the UP government however denied these allegations and said that these patients died of various medical illnesses, but not due to lack of oxygen supply, as they claim to have made alternate arrangements for the same.
Further an investigation was ordered into the deaths and according to
police superintendent, 21 children died due to shortage of oxygen. Pushpa
Sales, the firm that provided oxygen reminded about the due and contract that
promises arrears will not be more than 10 lakhs. Sources have stated that the
company stopped supplying oxygen from beginning of this month and the reserve
supplies lasted on August 10, when the children died.