22 patients die due to interrupted supply of O2 at Nashik hosp

    Nashik/Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI) At least 22 patients died
on Wednesday due to the interrupted supply of oxygen at a
civic hospital for COVID-19 patients in Nashik in Maharashtra
following the leakage from an oxygen storage plant, district
collector Suraj Mandhare said.
    "As per the current information, 22 people have died
due to the interrupted supply of oxygen at the Zakir Hussain
municipal hospital. The patients were on ventilators as well
as on oxygen supply, which got interrupted after the leakage
in the oxygen supply tank," he told reporters.
    He said the municipal corporation immediately shifted
the cylinders from the other facilities where oxygen demand
was not high. PTI ND
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