Director among 7 suspended over deaths due to oxygen shortage in KTH
According to the reports, an inquiry has been ordered against the suspended officials including Director Nadeem Tahir, Facility Manager Tahir Shahzad, Supply Chain Manager Ali Waqas, Biomedical Engineer Bilal, Oxygen Plant Assistant Naimat and two workers of the plant.
KTH's Board of Governors (BoG) has submitted its initial investigation report on the oxygen shortage at the hospital that resulted in the deaths of six patients.
Special Assistant to the KP CM on Information Kamran Bangash tweeted a copy of the report saying a high-level meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan today will review it and take further decisions in this regard.
بورڈ آف گورنرزکےٹی ایچ نے 24 گھنٹے کے اندر انکوائری رپورٹ جمع کرادی اور تمام حقائق سامنے رکھ دئیے۔رپورٹ پر مزید تجزیہ اور فیصلہ کے لئے وزیراعلی محمودخان @IMMahmoodKhan نے اعلٰی سطح اجلاس طلب کرلیا۔اجلاس کے بعدمیں اور @Jhagra میڈیاٹاک کریں گے۔ pic.twitter.com/zTK6BB2eHK
According to the report, seven officers, including the Medical Training Institute (MTI) hospital director Dr Tahir Nadeem Khan, have been put under suspension.
It said five of the patients who died due to lack of oxygen supply were in the Covid-19 ward while one was in the ICU.
The MTI has an oxygen storage tank of 10,000 cubic meter capacity but there is no backup system for oxygen supply as recommended by the health technical memorandum (HTM), the report found, noting: “Ideally there should be either a primary back (another tank) or secondary backup (Manifold).”
