Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday addressed the Gorakhpur tragedy publicly for the first time. He termed the incident as “unfortunate” and said that he was glad that the media highlighted the incident.
Addressing the press, Adityanath said that “all deaths” in the hospital did not occur due to lack of oxygen supply.
Will be getting a detailed report on the cause of deaths. Not all of them were due to lack of oxygen.UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Adityanath added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed “concern” over the incident and that the Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel will visit Gorakhpur on Sunday to take stock of the situation.
We have constituted a committee to be lead by the Chief Secretary to inquire the role of oxygen supplier in the incident.UP CM Yogi Adityanath
He informed that while the supplier had stopped providing oxygen, supply of oxygen was still available in the cylinders.
Adityanath also said that during his review meeting in Gorakhpur on 9 August, he had asked officials if there were any issues they were facing or any help they required from the government, but was told that there were none.
The Chief Minister said that he had visited the BRD medical college on 9 July and 9 August to look at the situation, but was not informed of any shortage of any facility, including oxygen.
(With inputs from IANS)
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