<p>Eight Covid-19 patients died at the Hindupur government hospital on Monday allegedly due to the interruption in their oxygen supply.</p>.<p>Relatives of the deceased have blamed the staff, citing negligence in ensuring quick restoration of the O2 supply with the cylinders stored at the district hospital for such contingencies.</p>.<p>According to Jagannath Singh, Anantapuram District Forest Officer delegated as the oxygen monitoring officer, a 6-KL capacity liquid oxygen tank at the hospital was found to be left with only about 2 KL on Sunday.</p>.<p>“We have kept about 140 oxygen cylinders on standby there. When the tank got exhausted at about 6 am today, the cylinders were brought in and adjusted to the patients' bed oxygen supply. All this was done within five minutes. The allegations of oxygen shortage are not true,” Singh told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/consider-lockdown-to-curb-second-covid-19-wave-sc-to-centre-and-state-govts-981913.html" target="_blank">Read | Consider lockdown to curb second Covid-19 wave: SC to Centre and state govts</a></strong></p>.<p>The eight deaths occurred in the early hours of Monday.</p>.<p>Maintaining that the deaths are not connected to O2 supply, the official said that the condition of the patients was already bad with their SpO2 levels at 50-60 per cent.</p>.<p>The district administration has also refuted the charges of staff negligence and stated that “the doctors and other medical staff at the Hindupur hospital are operating properly”.</p>.<p>Opposition TDP's general secretary Nara Lokesh has equated the eight deaths as “government murders” and held CM Jaganmohan Reddy responsible.</p>.<p>“Jagan is playing with people's lives. A probe should be ordered on the Hindupur hospital incident and action should be taken on those responsible. Government should aid the families of the deceased,” Lokesh said in a series of tweets.</p>
<p>Eight Covid-19 patients died at the Hindupur government hospital on Monday allegedly due to the interruption in their oxygen supply.</p>.<p>Relatives of the deceased have blamed the staff, citing negligence in ensuring quick restoration of the O2 supply with the cylinders stored at the district hospital for such contingencies.</p>.<p>According to Jagannath Singh, Anantapuram District Forest Officer delegated as the oxygen monitoring officer, a 6-KL capacity liquid oxygen tank at the hospital was found to be left with only about 2 KL on Sunday.</p>.<p>“We have kept about 140 oxygen cylinders on standby there. When the tank got exhausted at about 6 am today, the cylinders were brought in and adjusted to the patients' bed oxygen supply. All this was done within five minutes. The allegations of oxygen shortage are not true,” Singh told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/consider-lockdown-to-curb-second-covid-19-wave-sc-to-centre-and-state-govts-981913.html" target="_blank">Read | Consider lockdown to curb second Covid-19 wave: SC to Centre and state govts</a></strong></p>.<p>The eight deaths occurred in the early hours of Monday.</p>.<p>Maintaining that the deaths are not connected to O2 supply, the official said that the condition of the patients was already bad with their SpO2 levels at 50-60 per cent.</p>.<p>The district administration has also refuted the charges of staff negligence and stated that “the doctors and other medical staff at the Hindupur hospital are operating properly”.</p>.<p>Opposition TDP's general secretary Nara Lokesh has equated the eight deaths as “government murders” and held CM Jaganmohan Reddy responsible.</p>.<p>“Jagan is playing with people's lives. A probe should be ordered on the Hindupur hospital incident and action should be taken on those responsible. Government should aid the families of the deceased,” Lokesh said in a series of tweets.</p>