Paucity of oxygen a failure of nodal officers, says MLA Venkatarami Reddy
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‘Superintendent in-charge of COVID patients at Cancer Hospital made scapegoat’
Lack of correct supervision by the individuals involved has led to the loss of life of sufferers because of disruption in oxygen provide on three consecutive days in numerous authorities hospitals within the district, Anantapur Urban MLA Anantha Venkatarami Reddy has opined.
Failure of the coordinating nodal officers led to paucity of oxygen, Mr. Venkatarami Reddy mentioned at a assembly of the individuals’s representatives and COVID-19 nodal officers convened by R&B Minister M. Sankaranarayana right here on Wednesday.
Decentralised method
Favouring a decentralised method within the working of the nodal officers, the MLA mentioned it will assist them deal with emergencies with out ready for the orders from the higher-ups.
While there have been two nodal officers to supervise and coordinate the provision of oxygen, the Superintendent in-charge of sufferers on the Cancer Hospital was made the scapegoat, the MLA mentioned.
“Why were no alternative arrangements made when the officials knew the capacity of the storage tank and were coordinating with the oxygen supplier? It is impossible for a single person to manage every aspect when a couple of hundred patients are being treated with severe scarcity of medical and paramedical staff,” Mr. Venkatarami Reddy noticed.
The MLA additionally advised the taking on of the federal government hospitals at Kannekal and Uravakonda, together with the Kalyandurg RDT Hospital, for COVID-19 therapy, duly making preparations for oxygen provide both by way of bulk cylinders or oxygen concentrators.
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