Three Covid-19 patients treated in an intensive care unit in Bucharest died on Monday April 12 after a failure in the oxygen supply system, authorities said, as hospitals were overwhelmed by the third wave of the pandemic.
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The ventilators have stopped working due to an increase in oxygen pressure beyond the allowable limit
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The three patients, three women over the age of 60 with a serious health history, died despite the efforts of healthcare workers to find a backup solution.
These patients were in a vehicle transformed into an intensive care unit, in front of a hospital in the Romanian capital.
Five other patients were transferred urgently to other establishments in the capital, according to the DSU.
This new tragedy comes less than three months after a fire that ravaged a Bucharest hospital in January, killing five Covid-19 patients.