Sharqiya Governorate’s MP elect el-Sayed Rahmo announced that the death of five coronavirus patients at a hospital in Sharqiya on Sunday was due to the hospital’s negligence and a lack of oxygen supplies. Rahmo revealed details behind the viral video that shows motionless COVID-19 patients inside Husseiniya Central Hospital who allegedly died due to a lack of oxygen tanks. Rahmo stressed in a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm that the five patients who died, did so as a result of staff negligence at the hospital, namely the mismanagement of the oxygen deficiency crisis. He denied the statement of the hospital’s director, refuting his claim that only four people died and there was sufficient oxygen supplies at the time. He added, “I have information that the intensive care doctor informed the hospital director in sufficient time, at least an hour, about the lack of oxygen.

Source: Egypt Independent January 04, 2021 12:00 UTC