Human Rights Commission takes suo motu cognisance of deaths due to fault in oxygen supply; seeks reports
Three patients on ventilator support died at the Civil Hospital
An under-repair compressor at the PSA plant which supplies oxygen at Civil Hospital in Jalandhar. Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh.
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The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a report in The Tribune on the deaths of three patients at Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. It has also sought reports from the Director, Health Services and Family Welfare, Punjab, Chandigarh, and Jalandhar civil surgeon.
Three patients, who were on ventilator support at the Civil Hospital here, died after the oxygen supply was snapped due to a "technical fault" in the oxygen plant on Sunday night.
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Among the deceased were a snakebite victim, a youth who had taken a drug overdose, and a TB patient.
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