Maharashtra: Oxygen leaks at hospital, workers saves 14 sufferers

A fast intervention by workers saved the lives of 14 sufferers on oxygen help within the Parbhani district hospital in Maharashtra because the pipeline supplying the life-saving gasoline developed a leak after a department of a tree fell on it, officers mentioned on Wednesday.
After noticing the leak on late Tuesday night time, the workers of the hospital shifted the sufferers on jumbo oxygen cylinders for respiratory, Deputy Collector Sanjay Kundetkar advised PTI.
“Around 11.30 pm, a branch of a tree fell on the pipeline which carries medical oxygen from the storage tank to the casualty and burns ward of the hospital, which caused leakage. The fault was detected and simultaneously 14 patients admitted in the casualty section were shifted on jumbo oxygen cylinders for breathing. The supply of oxygen was switched off for repairing the leak,” he mentioned.
According to Kundetkar, the oxygen provide was interrupted for merely 2-3 minutes.
He mentioned technicians repaired the pipeline inside two hours.
“No casualty was reported in this incident. The oxygen supply was restored around 4 am,” the deputy collector added.
On April 21, at the very least 22 sufferers died as a result of interrupted provide of oxygen at a civic hospital for COVID-19 sufferers in Nashik following the leakage of the gasoline from a storage plant.