Some deaths weren’t because of oxygen shortage but other complications too.”Dr Baluja had also said oxygen pressure was “definitely low”. This specific point about ‘oxygen death’ is not part of the information being recorded,” he said. It is for the government to look at their oxygen availability and delivery logs, and the calls (regarding oxygen shortage) made by the hospitals, and messages sent on the status of oxygen availability. During a webcast on Wednesday, Sisodia acknowledged that his government believes people had died of oxygen shortage in the capital. In other states, too, there is lack of clarity on how to categorise a death due to oxygen shortage.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2021 22:41 UTC