Indore Police denies death of 17 patients due to oxygen supply cut

The Indore Police denied the death report of 17 patients due to an oxygen supply cut on Friday, June 23, and said the death was due to illness.

Sanjay Dubey, Indore Commissioner, said, "No oxygen supply failure has been reported and no one died because of oxygen supply failure. They died to illness." 

He further stated that there was no negligence and the deaths are routine in a 1,400-bed hospital.

"I have been to every ward of the hospital after certain local newspapers carried the misinformation. There was no break in oxygen supply. The hospital records 10-20 deaths a day," he said.

Previously, reports had surfaced that 17 people died at the MY Hospital after oxygen supply was mysteriously cut for around 15 minutes.