COVID-19 surge: 22 deaths in Chamarajanagar triggers anxiety of oxygen shortage
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‘All the patients who died were on ventilator and they had co-morbidities. The deaths are not necessarily due to oxygen shortage,’ says Deputy Commissioner.
A surge in the deaths of COVID-19 sufferers in Chamarajanagar close to right here has sparked panic among the many individuals relating to oxygen shortage.
Against a each day common of eight to 10 deaths, a complete of 22 COVID-19 sufferers died late on Sunday.
“All the patients who died were on ventilator and they had co-morbidities. The deaths are not necessarily due to oxygen shortage,” Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar M.R. Ravi informed The Puucho over cellphone.
(*22*) although he clarified that the deaths weren’t linked to non- availability of oxygen, Mr. Ravi mentioned it was troublesome to supply oxygen from Mysuru.
The suppliers, who had been beneath strain to fulfill Mysuru’s necessities, had been discovering it troublesome to make sure common provide to Chamarajanagar.
Mysuru MP Pratap Simha too intervened late in the night time to make sure oxygen provide to Chamarajanagar, Mr. Ravi mentioned whereas claiming that he was personally monitoring the scenario until 2 a.m. and procured 60 cylinders.
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