Chandigarh admin says no link between Saturday power failure and death of Covid ICU patients on ventilators
The Chandigarh UT Administration on Sunday clarified that there were no links between the deaths of three patients on ventilator support and a disruption in power supply at GMCH-32 on Saturday night.
“We have thoroughly probed the issue of disruption of electricity supply and management of Covid patients admitted in GMCH-32 and South Campus-48 and found that there is no link between the power failure and the deaths that occurred in the Covid-19 ICU,” UT said in a statement.
The statement specified that on Saturday night, there were a total of 116 patients on oxygen support and 38 patients in the four Covid ICUs of GMCH-32. There were 30 patients on oxygen support and seven patients in the ICU of South Campus 48.
