75 Covid-19 sufferers die in 4 days at Goa Medical College

As many as seventy-five Covid-19 sufferers have died within the final 4 days at Goa Medical College and Hospital owing to “logistic issues in the supply of medical oxygen”.
The toll climbed up with the loss of life of 13 extra sufferers on Friday. On Thursday, 15 deaths had been recorded, the day earlier than — Wednesday — 21 individuals died, and on Tuesday, 26 individuals had misplaced their lives.
The horror at GMCH is continuous even because the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court is listening to petitions associated to deaths throughout the “dark hours” (between 2 am and 6 am) on the premier hospital.
While the state authorities has not revealed the precise reason for current deaths on the GMCH, it has instructed the High Court that there have been “logistic issues related to supply of medical oxygen to patients”.
On Thursday, Advocate General Devidas Pangam had instructed a bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahesh Sonak that there have been logistical points concerned in manoeuvring the tractor which carries the trolleys of oxygen and in connecting the cylinders to the manifold (group of enormous gasoline cylinders).
The Goa authorities knowledgeable the HC that throughout the means of attaching the oxygen manifold there was some interruption, which leads to fall of stress within the provide traces of oxygen to sufferers. “We were explained that during this process, there was some interruption, which resulted in fall of pressure in the supply lines of oxygen to the patients. It was pointed out that it is basically on account of these factors some casualties may have taken place,” the bench had stated.
Reacting to the deaths, the Goa Congress on Saturday stated they may file prison instances towards Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Viswajit Rane.
In a press release, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar stated the candid admission that there’s a substantial deficit of oxygen provide by the BJP authorities in Goa exhibits that it’s “irresponsible, insensitive and run by an incompetent and faulty Chief Minister’.

“The Congress party is going to file a criminal complaint against both for culpable homicide,” Chodankar stated. “If the health minister admits on camera that he was aware that patients were dying between 2 and 6 am on a daily basis and that the death toll in Goa would be around 200-300 per day, why did he not act upon it? What action did the chief minister and health minister take to avert the crisis?” he requested.
Calling it a genocide, the Goa Congress president stated, “If needed, will move the court to get justice for those who were killed by the Chief Minister and Health Minister.”
(With inputs from PTI)