The Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to all central government hospitals to ensure that adequate supply of “all essential life-saving items” is maintained and cited the alleged stoppage of oxygen supply in the Gorakhpur hospital where over 60 children died in five days. The UP government has not yet accepted on record the claim that the deaths were caused by the stoppage of oxygen supply at Gorakhpur’s B R D Medical College Hospital. “We have issued DO [Demi-official] letters to our central hospitals and institutions across the country,” Mishra told The Indian Express. It further asks the authorities to intimate steps taken to the Union Health Ministry. For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App

Source: Indian Express August 22, 2017 00:56 UTC