AGARTALA, Aug 18 (TIWN): Even after media reports, allegations of deaths, Tripura’s GB hospital’s pipeline work yet to be completed.

A local newspaper has reported that total 6 persons died in COVID-19 due to oxygen crisis but due to some unknown reason, it could not be fixed yet.

On August 8, Tripura Congress senior leader Gopal Roy on Saturday has alleged that there are acute crisis of Oxygen for the patients in ICU, COVID-Centre in GB hospital due to technical problems. He said, in the month of February this issue was raised before the concerned authority but the problem remained unsolved. 

Reacting over the situation, on August 10 TIWN Editor Saumen Sarkar, “From February month, there are shortage of Oxygen due to supply chain’s pipe’s leakage. The dept failed to fix the issue even after much requests. 60 to 50 PSI pressure is must for oxygen for the COVID-19 Patients but they are not getting even 4”, Saumen Sarkar stated in his live video.

“GB hospital’s COVID-Ward’s oxygen shortage has caused around 40 deaths in GB COVID-19 ward. When we file news, Govt immediately attacks such news publications as a Fake News, but what would you say now ?"

Till now total 62 persons have died in Tripura from COVID-19.

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