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Oxygen leak kills 22 in Indian hospital as coronavirus infections mount

Oxygen leak kills 22 in Indian hospital as coronavirus infections mount

RANJENDRA JADHAV and NEHA ARORA AT least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank, the health minister said, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies of the gas. The incident in the city of Nashik, one of India's worst-hit areas, happened after the tank of oxygen leaked, said Rajesh Tope, the health minister of Maharashtra, the richest state, where the city is located. "Patients who were on ventilators at the hospital in Nashik have died," Tope said in televised remarks. "The…
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