22 COVID-19 patients die in India after oxygen supply disrupted

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MUMBAI: Twenty-two COVID-19 patients at a hospital in India died on Wednesday (Apr 21) when the oxygen supply to their ventilators was disrupted ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the leak, which took place in Maharashtra state - the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 outbreak - was"heart-wrenching".The state's chief minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an inquiry.The deaths come a week after Thackeray asked Indian pilots to airlift oxygen supplies to the region to alleviate severe shortages as COVID-19 infection numbers climb.

Hospitals in India's capital New Delhi have come perilously close to seeing their oxygen supplies run out as infections continue to spike in the country of 1.3 billion.

 

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