Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins

Wednesday, 23 June 2021Newsdesk

Fourteen Covid-19 patients at an isolation ward of Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here had a miraculous escape last week when oxygen supply to them was switched off for approximately eight minutes, in what the mechanical engineer concerned said in a complaint to police was likely a “sabotage”.

New Delhi, 23 June 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, GMC principal Dr Shashi Sudan Sharma, however, said the inquiry committee did not indicate “any such thing’’, when asked about a possible sabotage.

“An FIR has been registered. We cannot say whether it was done intentionally” or was an accident, Sharma said.“Our back-up system was in place and things were back to normal within eight minutes,’’ she said. “There was no death (in the hospital), that day or during the next two or three days.”Police have registered a case under IPC Section 440 (mischief to cause hurt or death). Jammu SSP Chandan Kohli said they are investigating the case from all aspects, including sabotage and attempt to murder.

Source -The Indian Express