A malfunction in the oxygen tank in a hospital caused the fatal accident • The Minister of Health stated: "We will investigate in depth what happened" • The families of the dead will be compensated
The place of the disaster
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At least 22 Corona patients were killed today (Wednesday) in the intensive care unit of Dr. Zakir Hussein Hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra, India, due to an explosion of a large oxygen tank. Corona.
In addition, the leak from the oxygen reservoir caused white smoke-like clouds to interfere with vision and fault handling, and at least 22 people died of suffocation due to the leak.
It took the hospital technician about an hour to plug the leak.
Until the completion of the repair the hospital evacuated difficult patients to other hospitals in the area.
"A lot of oxygen was wasted," said a county official, "the hospital tried to relieve the patients, but failed to retain intensive care patients who needed high-flow oxygen."
Senior officials in India reacted sharply to the incident and demanded to understand who was responsible for the disaster, authorities opened an investigation into the case, and at the same time the local prime minister announced monetary compensation for the families of the dead.
Health Minister Emotion Top responded to the case: "We will investigate in depth what happened at the hospital. We have no possibility of losing such an amount of oxygen. At the same time, we will think about oxygen storage tanks so that the case does not recur."
Dr. Zakir Hussein Hospital is a government hospital dedicated to Corona patients. Remember, there is a severe shortage of oxygen throughout India and the government has evacuated train lines to transport oxygen balloons across the country.
