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The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the city reported by the Delhi government is less than the number of deaths reported by just two city hospitals.
While the Delhi government statement says there were 68 coronavirus-related deaths in the national capital as of Friday, the number of those deaths in just two city hospitals that The Hindu agreed was 107.
“Every death reported by hospitals must be certified by a death committee (audit) and only then is it reflected in the health bulletin (official statement),” said the Delhi government spokesman, when asked about the fewest number. of deaths reported by the Government.
According to the Delhi government, as of Friday, there have been 26 COVID-19 related deaths at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, but the hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr. Minakshi Bharadwaj, said 52 of those deaths have occurred in the hospital until Friday.
“We have repeatedly raised the problem that the Delhi government has reported fewer deaths from our hospital. Even the total number of positive cases reported by them from our hospital is less. Every day, we send out new data and I have no idea why they are reporting minor cases (number of cases), ”he said.
Similarly, according to the Delhi government, there have been five deaths at the Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) as of Friday, but according to the hospital, there have been 55 positive COVID deaths- 19 in the hospital until Friday.
The total number of deaths reported by the Delhi government is 10 hospitals, which treat patients with COVID-19. Also included are deaths from other city hospitals, which do not treat patients with coronavirus but have patients who die and test positive later.
The Delhi government, in a statement on Saturday, “strongly denied this allegation.” “This is completely false and politically motivated. There is a physician audit committee that investigates every death incident reported by COVID hospitals and ensures that every death is reported. There is no interference of any kind in the work of this Committee, “he said.
The “death audit committee” mentioned by the Delhi government spokesman, was formed by the Delhi government only on April 20. “The committee’s responsibility would be to audit every death on which the COVID-19 test is positive on a daily basis at Delhi NCT Government and Private Hospitals before publishing data,” said an official order issued on April 20 about the committee’s formation.
The spokesperson did not clarify how the government released the data on the number of deaths before April 20.
“We are investigating why this gap exists and we are also talking to hospitals,” said a health department hospital.
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