The MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Brahmapur, landed in a controversy after a video of three children put on oxygen supply from one cylinder went viral on Saturday.
According to sources, the three children were admitted with ailments in the special newborn care unit (SNCU) of the hospital. On checking the children, the doctor advised to sift them to the Cardiology department as they had cardiac problem. As they were having breathing problem, the children were put on oxygen mask. While they were being carried by their mothers to the Cardiology department, the video shows each of three children being given oxygen through separate plastic pipe connected to one cylinder.
An attendant of the SNCU is seen pulling the cart containing the cylinder all the way to the Cardiology department crossing a distance of nearly 400 metre and the mothers walking in tandem with her.
Ironically, when the children arrived at the Cardiology department, the doctors faced difficulty in sending them separately for echo test.
When contacted, MKCG Superintendent Prof Santosh Kumar Mishra said the condition of all children was stable. Since the children's oxygen need is minimal, it is normal to connect more than one child to a single oxygen cylinder, he added.