States, UTs didn't report deaths due to oxygen shortage; over 5.21 lakh died till April 4
India | April 06, 2022 0:01 ISTCentre informed Rajya Sabha that it had asked states to provide details of people who have died because of shortage of oxygen.
Centre informed Rajya Sabha that it had asked states to provide details of people who have died because of shortage of oxygen.
In his address to the House on budgetary allocations for the Health Department, Patel also said Congress was misguiding the people as part of its strategy for the upcoming Assembly polls, expected to be held in December.
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The government said the death certificates made no mention of 'death due to lack of oxygen' in any of the 22,915 patients that died due to the pandemic.
Addressing the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour, Mansukh Mandaviya said the Union government made "all possible efforts" to ensure the availability of oxygen and increased its production following a rise in demand during the second wave of the pandemic.
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Jharkhand government on Tuesday said claimed that no Covid-19 patient in the state died due to the shortage of oxygen.
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The Centre clarified that neither Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal nor the Government of India said that deaths due to oxygen shortage should not be probed.
No one can deny that Delhi grappled with an oxygen crisis in April and May during the second Covid wave and also no one can deny that people died in the capital due to a shortage of oxygen, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said during an online press conference.
Deputy CM of Delhi, Sisodia said he has also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the oxygen crisis in the national capital during the second wave of coronavirus and urged him to direct the LG to approve the formation of the committee.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday countered the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government over its claim of not having received any letter from the Centre inquiring about deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second Covid-19 wave.
The officials said only Punjab has reported four "suspected" deaths due to oxygen shortage.
Manish Sisodia on Tuesday alleged that the state government has not received any letter from the Centre inquiring if any deaths in the national capital occurred due to oxygen shortage.
In the written reply, the minister said, "At no point in time, the oxygen supplies at GMCH ran out of stock and thus, no death has been reported to have (been) caused due to non-supply of oxygen."
The Centre on Tuesday asked states to submit data on the deaths caused due to the shortage of oxygen, sources said. The data is likely to be presented before the Monsoon Session of Parliament wraps up on August 13.
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The Railways started operating Oxygen Express trains on April 24 this year amid the second wave of the Covid pandemic to provide respite to the states requiring medical oxygen.
K C Venugopal on Thursday moved a privilege motion against Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar for “misleading” the parliament on deaths due to shortage of oxygen.
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