A video purportedly of a director of a private nursing home in Agra claiming several Covid patients died as a result of a mock exercise that allegedly cut off medical oxygen supply, has gone viral.
Both Agra District Magistrate P.N. Singh and CMO R.C. Pandey on Tuesday reacted to the development, saying an inquiry has been ordered and action would follow on the basis of its report.
Medical murder: Amid scarcity of oxygen, 22 patients in critical condition reportedly died after a private hospital management switched off oxygen supply for 5 minutes on Apr 26.
Dr Arinjay Jain, owner of Paras hospital in Agra, caught on camera narrating the inhuman incident. pic.twitter.com/CNb8eLqaeB
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“We’ll look into the video surfaced about these deaths. There were 22 critical patients admitted in the hospital but have no details of their death,” Singh has told the media.
Source: IANS