Jalandhar: Chaos rules civil hospital as oxygen supply trips

The state-run hospital of Jalandhargave an example of negligence and disregard for human life when the oxygensupply to the COVID patients stopped.

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The ensuing chaos found the officers-in-charge missing, andthe Deputy Commissioner GhanshyamThori has taken seriousnote of the same. He has assigned ADC Viresh Sarangal 24 hours for an enquiryinto the incident.

Fortunately, no patient suffered any long-lasting adverseeffect, but this lapse does point to a possibility of a disaster happeningsoon.

79 patients are being looked after in the hospital at thetime of writing.

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Pertinently, the ADC conducted an audit of oxygen managementand did an impeccable job as stopping non-essential usage and curbing leakage.He and his team cut down the daily consumption of oxygen cylinders by almosthalf – from 410 cylinders to 214 cylinders.

Commendable this achievement is, but why were the healthofficers not alert to this wastage, especially in the situation the nation isfacing?