Four patients die in Bihar as problems occur in Oxygen supply line

Madhulata

At least, four patients died when the supply of Oxygen on which they were surviving was suddenly got disrupted due to some technical problems at a government hospital in Bihar today.

The shocking incident occurred at Sri Krishna Memorial College and Hospital located in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.

Reports said some critically-suffering patients at the hospital had been put on life supporting system with oxygen pipes attached to their nose when some problem occurred in the supply line and its supply got disrupted for about an hour, resulting in death of at least four patients.

The Chief Medical Officer at the hospital GK Thakur said the problem occurred in the oxygen supply line for some time but it was rectified very soon.

Initially, he denied any death from the disruption in oxygen supply line but pressed further, he later got aggressive saying, “Patients are bound to die at the hospital”.

He also denied negligence on the part of the hospital staffs but said he had ordered a probe into the matter.

Last month, at least 60 children admitted at two government hospitals in the same district had died due to some mysterious disease. All the victim children were from the families living below poverty line and hence their death did not make any big headline.

The disease is yet to be identified although more than a dozen teams of medical experts have visited the spot, collected blood samples and examined it.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, has, so far, not thought it fit to visit the place and take stock of the situation even as the children continue to die.