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Siddharth Nath Singh: August sees high number of deaths, says UP health minister


It will submit its report in a week.UP health minister Siddharth Nath Singh admitted to disruption of oxygen supply, which was alleged to be the reason behind these deaths, but said the trend of deaths revealed only infection, encephelitis, acute kidney injury and neonatal complications. Ambu pumps, which are used to supply oxygen manually to patients, were put into use till oxygen cylinders were procured at 1.30 am on August 11. "However, not a single of those 23 deaths took place during this period. The last death took place at 10.05 pm on August 10, while the supply was still on. In 2015 and 2014, the average deaths in a day in August were 22 and 19 respectively.


Source: Times of India August 13, 2017 01:55 UTC



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