WHAT DOES THE HOSPITAL CLAIM?
Jaipur Golden Hospital, in its response to a notice issued to it seeking the death summaries, said that there was no oxygen refill by INOX at the scheduled time which resulted in the crisis.
Further the hospital reportedly said, “After initial scrutiny of the patients’ death, prima facie at that moment, it appeared that in four cases there was a drop of oxygen pressure around 9:45 PM on April 23, which is an unusual occurrence in such numbers.”
The hospital also stated that it ‘expressed a legitimate concern and raised alarm bells in the wider public interest to ensure and ascertain non-interrupted oxygen supply for other admitted patients’.
According to LiveLaw, the plea has been moved by six family members of the deceased patients alleging that the Jaipur Golden Hospital’s management should be charged with offences including murder, criminal intimidation, death by negligence, criminal conspiracy etc.
Further, the plea seeks for the Court to take…
