18 ICU patient deaths due to lack of oxygen: Hospital held guilty of administrative negligence
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More than seven years after 18 ICU patients of MIOT Hospital died due to lack of oxygen, the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held the hospital liable for administrative negligence.
The complaint alleged that the hospital failed to anticipate and manage flooding during the rainy season even though the government agencies warned about the same. This resulted in a power outage and life support systems such as ventilators in the Medical ICU located in the basement, failed during the flood. Among the 18 patients who died in the incident, the husband of the complainant was also one.
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