Oxygen Tank Leak At Nashik Hospital Kills 22 COVID Patients On Ventilator

In a heart-wrenching incident, 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilators suffocated to death in Nashik’s Zakir Hussain Hospital on April 21. Reportedly, the accident happened due to oxygen leak in the cylinders supplying oxygen to the patients on ventilator. Confirming the deaths, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said a probe would be ordered into the incident. Some relatives of deceased alleged that lowered supply of oxygen supply caused the deaths.