Peshawar (HRNW) At least six Covid-19 patients died after “criminal negligence” resulted in a delayed supply of oxygen to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar, officials said Sunday.
More than 200 patients — including nearly 100 with coronavirus — were left for hours with limited supplies of oxygen at a government-run hospital in Peshawar.
“The sad incident happened due to lack of central oxygen supply in the hospital,” provincial health minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra told a press conference, confirming the deaths.
“We will hold an inquiry and get to the bottom of the incident,” he added, promising action against those responsible “for this criminal negligence”.
Hospital spokesman Farhad Khan told AFP a disruption in oxygen supplies affected some 200 people, “including 96 Covid-19 patients”.
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