Five Covid positive patients died in SJD hospital of Aligarh due to lack of oxygen on wednesday night. The administration has been shaken by the reported death of five patients at SJD Hospital in the city at intervals of few hours. The family members of the dead created a furore, alleging death due to lack of oxygen. Late night the Health Department officials along with the police team have reached the spot.
Looking after the allegations of the relatives, the DM has ordered for inquiry in this case.
Corona patients are undergoing treatment with administrative permission at the 40-bed SJD Hospital near Dhanipur Mandi ahead of Etah Chungi. The death of five patients, one by one, took place at a gap of a few hours on Wednesday night. The family members of the deceased alleged that there death was due to lack of oxygen. They also created a ruckus in the hospital.
After the information on the death of patients due to lack of oxygen, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. BP Singh Kalyani has sent ACMO Dr. Anupam Bhaskar to SJD Hospital late in the night to check the veracity. A large number of police forces was also deployed on the spot. Shyam, the brother of one of the deceased, says that the brother and others died due to lack of oxygen.
The dead included 54-year-old Sarita Rani of Jaiganj, Mukesh, a 30-year-old youth from Akarabad, 50-year-old Anil Kashyap from Mahendranagar as primary teacher in Mathura, 50-year-old Jayveer from Sikandararau and Lalit Prasad.
Hospital director Dr. Sanjeev Sharma says that patients have not died due to lack of oxygen.
All the deceased were on ventilator and bypact support.Lung failure is the cause of death. Patients have died at different times between evening and night. CMO Dr. BP Singh Kalyani told that I have sent ACMO Dr. Anupam Bhaskar on the spot. There was no death due to lack of oxygen.
At the time when the patients died, oxygen cylinders were available in the hospital. Patients have died at different times rather than together.
Vineet Kumar, City Magistrate, Nodal Officer, Medical Oxygen Gas Supply told that the management of SJD Hospital had demanded an oxygen cylinder around 9 pm. After this, at around ten o'clock they were supplied 40 cylinders. According to SJD management, the corona-infected patients who died were at high risk. The matter is being investigated.
On one hand, the officials continued to deny the lack of oxygen and on the other, the charge of relatives accusing the cause of death as lack of oxygen continued till late in the night. Hospital management was also disturbed. The hospital staff did not even appear before the attendants.
Shyam, brother of the deceased Anil Kashyap, said that how did five patients die together in the hospital? While there treatment was going on for several days. He said that why 40 oxygen cylinders were supplied within one hour of the death of the patients in the hospital? Is it a coincidence or are the officials trying to cover up the questions arising out of these deaths? Administrative officials also avoided these questions.
Police officials, including ACM I KB Singh, arrived on the spot and explained to the family members. However, the family continued to create furore over these questions. Surprisingly, even after the death of five Corona patients, no responsible official from the health department reached the scene to console the families of the victims. Here, the son of the deceased Sarita Rani, Manoj said that hospital management, administration and health department is responsible for these deaths.
The DM, Chandrabhushan Singh has ordered to set up an 2 member inquiry and investigate the matter whether the patients died due to lack of oxygen or the reason is something else. He has asked the inquiry committee to present the report within 3 days. The inquiry team includes deputy CMO, Dr. Durgesh.