As many as 64 lives have been lost so far due to alleged disruption in the supply of liquid oxygen in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD) hospital. Amid the furore over Gorakhpur tragedy, one of the oxygen suppliers at Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD) hospital, has denied the alleged disruption in the supply of oxygen that claimed lives of 64 children. Reasoning themselves, the Human Resource official of the firm Pushpa Walia told ANI on Saturday that BRD has three oxygen suppliers. Meanwhile, according to data procured from the BRD hospital, in past five days - from August 7 to August 11, a total of 60 deaths have occurred in the hospital. The procured data also shows the number of oxygen cylinders sent for refilling each day, showing a clear shortage of liquid oxygen in the hospital.

Source: dna August 12, 2017 07:18 UTC