COVID deaths due to lack of oxygen: Delhi Govt panel to assess cases for grant of compensation
“The committee would draw up an objective criteria to award compensation, limited to a maximum of Rs 5 lakhs in each case,” the order said.;
New Delhi: The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of Covid patients who died due to lack of oxygen recently in the national capital for grant of compensation up to Rs 5 lakh, an official order said on Thursday.
According to the order, the committee will check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms.
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"The committee would draw up objective criteria to award compensation, limited to a maximum of Rs 5 lakhs in each case," the order said.
Earlier this month, 12 patients at Delhi's Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died due to shortage of oxygen.
On April 24, 20 Covid patients had died at Jaipur Golden Hospital as the frantic hunt for oxygen continued while COVID-19 cases surged in the national capital.
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