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Andhra Pradesh is the first state, which has accepted that a corona infected died during treatment due to lack of oxygen.
The Andhra government on Wednesday told the Center that some corona patients in the state died due to lack of oxygen. The state government said that some corona infected were on ventilator support and during this time they lost their lives due to low oxygen pressure.
Earlier, the Central Government had informed in Parliament that not a single death occurred due to lack of oxygen in the entire country. Andhra Pradesh is the first state, which has accepted that a corona infected died during treatment due to lack of oxygen.
Recently, the Center had asked the states for data related to the second wave of corona. According to sources, 13 states have sent replies to the Centre. These include Arunachal, Assam, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Himachal and Punjab. Apart from Andhra, Punjab has also said that it is suspected that four deaths were due to lack of oxygen.
The government was asked in the Rajya Sabha whether there were deaths due to lack of oxygen in the second wave. Responding to this, Union Minister of State for Health, Bharti Praveen had said that health is the issue of the states. Guidelines have been issued to all the states and union territories regarding the death toll. No one has spoken about the death of a corona patient due to lack of oxygen.
Delhi still has time to provide data: Mandaviya
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had alleged that the government did not receive any letter seeking information about the deaths due to lack of oxygen during the second wave. At the same time, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Health Ministry had sent a letter to the Delhi government on July 26. He has a copy of the letter. never to late. You can send data till August 13. After this Sisodia said that the government has given only 12 to 14 hours to give information.