Karachi police detain hospital staff to probe woman's death due to lack of oxygen

The condition of several other patients also deteriorated when the facility’s staff forgot to open the oxygen supply valve.

 

Police took some staff members into custody for interrogation after bottles of liquor and barbeque leftovers were found during the search of rooms after the incident.

 

The heirs told police said that Nasira Zahid was admitted to the Ansari Hospital a few days ago owing to the chest infection. When her condition deteriorated, doctors shifted her to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

 

On early Friday, the hospital staff forgot to open the oxygen supply valve for the patients in the ICU ward, due to which the patient died, they said.

The condition of three children, a woman and an elderly man admitted in the ICU also deteriorated. As soon as the report was received, a large number of relatives of the patients reached the hospital and reprimanded the hospital staff over their negligence.

The hospital staff escaped while the enraged heirs ransacked the building. Upon receiving report of a riot, a heavy contingent of police from the Taimooria Police Station rushed to the spot and searched other rooms of the hospital and also found bottles of liquor.