Oxygen pipe rupture in Russia kovit-19 patients die world

From nine patients Govit-19 Died Monday (9) Decomposition of the oxygen tube At a hospital in Vladikavkaz, in Russia, Informed the authorities.

Health Minister Sergei Minilo said 71 patients were in the ICU at the time of the accident, 13 of them with mechanical ventilation support. Nine of the dead patients were attached to respirators.

Minoilo explained that the deceased’s lungs had already been affected about 90% before the tube ruptured.

According to the Russian minister, the problem was quickly identified and resolved within 30 to 40 minutes. Other patients were assisted with “oxygen cylinders and support brackets”. The reasons are still under investigation.

Other incidents in Russia

Russia has experienced other cases of treating patients with corona virus in hospitals since the onset of the infection.

In June, three people died in a fire at a hospital in Ryazan, southeast of Moscow. A month ago, two fires were caused by a failure of a ventilator Six died at hospitals in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Russia ranks fourth in the world in the number of corona virus cases, according to AFP, with an estimated 6.5 million people infected and 165,650 dead.

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