One day after the central government informed parliament that the state government had no specific information about the Covid-19 deaths due to lack of oxygen, several people in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh alleged that the breathing gas crisis resulted in the deaths of their family members during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The families said they are still mourning the loss of their loved ones who contracted Covid-19 and died of medical oxygen starvation.
17-year-old Aarush Rastogi, a resident of the Subhash Marg area in Lucknow, said he was still unable to meet the conditions for losing his mother to Covid-19 during the nationwide second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He said his mother lost the fight against Covid-19 due to lack of oxygen.
Aarush Rastogi with the picture of his mother and father. (India today / Abhishek Mishra)
Aarush Rastogi said his mother contracted Covid-19 on April 17. She was in domestic isolation when her oxygen levels dropped. He said private hospitals in the area refused to admit his mother due to lack of oxygen.
India today / Abhishek Mishra
Aarush’s father Rajesh Rastogi said he had to wander around looking for medical equipment and an oxygen bottle. He believes that his wife Sudha could survive if it hadn’t been for a lack of oxygen.
“If my wife had been given oxygen in time, she would have survived,” said Rajesh Rastogi.
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Another family in Lucknow’s Bakshi Ka Talab area blamed the deaths of their members on the lack of medical oxygen. Seema, 30, and Kusha Yadav, 40, told India Today that they lost seven family members to lack of oxygen.
Seema said that her husband, who had Covid-19, informed her that he needed oxygen and was suffering from shortness of breath. He was then taken to a hospital. Seema said the hospital staff will only meet the patient’s needs for a while. She claimed her husband was not treated properly and lost him due to the oxygen crisis.
India today / Abhishek Mishra
Kusha Yadav said she lost many of her family members from April 25 to May 1. She said they all died of lack of oxygen.
“The government said there was no oxygen starvation, but ask someone in our house where there is no longer a breadwinner. We never received any help that would end up our family, “said Kusha.
The center told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that during the second wave of Covid-19 that struck the country, no deaths due to oxygen starvation were “specifically reported” by states and union territories.
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