One by one, the infants and children slipped away Thursday night, their parents watching helplessly as oxygen supplies at the government hospital ran dangerously low. At least 30 children died Thursday and into Friday at a hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after its supply of liquid oxygen was disrupted over an unpaid bill, officials said. The state’s health minister and hospital officials have denied charges that the deaths were caused by the oxygen bill dispute. The agreement expired July 31, and Pushpa discontinued the oxygen supply Aug. 4. The oxygen supply then dipped to a critical level, the channel said.

Source: Washington Post August 12, 2017 11:55 UTC