Even as the Madhya Pradesh government is trying to restore Maharashtra’s oxygen supply, a post on social media stating that at least three Covid patients had died in the hospital of a private medical school due to lack of oxygen in Dewas district, 153 kilometers southwest of Bhopal. – went viral, prompting the district administration to launch an investigation and then deny that such happened, according to an official statement.
“A joint team of Medical and Health Director (CMHO) Dr. MP Sharma, Civil Surgeon Dr. Atul Kumar Bidwai, Assistant Manager of Dharmendra Jat Hospital inspected the hospital on the instructions of the Chandramauli Shukla district collector after the news broke. spread on social / electronic media about the death of three patients due to lack of oxygen on September 8. The team found that 400 oxygen cylinders were available in the hospital and there was enough oxygen for 156 admitted patients, ”an official press release from the CMHO office said Thursday.
The statement further stated that the four deaths at the hospital were not related to the coronavirus.
“Four patients died at the hospital on September 8: Shantabai, 65, Ashok Nanuram Kumawat, 42, Jubobai, 74, and Anandrao, 52. They died due to different diseases and all four patients tested negative. coronavirus testing, “it read.
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A district administration official said: “No one came forward to file a complaint about any death caused by lack of oxygen, but the investigation was launched in light of the social media post.”
Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that he had a conversation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday urging him to resume supplying Madhya Pradesh with oxygen for Covid patients.
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Speaking to reporters, Chouhan said that the state government was also working on short-term and long-term plans to increase medical oxygen production in the state itself.
In particular, the government of Maharashtra, on September 7, ordered that 80% of the oxygen produced in the units in the state be used only for medical treatment in the state and the remaining 20% can be used for industrial purposes in the state itself. Maharashtra.
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