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“The mortality rate of the hospital is as high as 12.8 percent and there is a need to understand the reason behind it,” said Medical Education Minister.
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Karnataka Medical Education Minister Karnataka K Sudhakar took cognizance of the issue of high Mortality rate in a particular hospital in Bengaluru.
He informed on Saturday that a committee will be formed to study the reasons for the high mortality of Covid-19 patients at ESI hospital in Bengaluru.
The minister announced this after a surprise visit to the hospital and interacting with patients at the hospital through video conference.
As of now, 54 out of 421 Covid-19 patients who have been admitted in the ESI hospital in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, have died due to the viral infection.
“The mortality rate of the hospital is as high as 12.8 percent and there is a need to understand the reason behind it,” said the minister.
Medical officer of the hospital said that a large number of cancer patients were getting admitted to the hospital which is one of the reasons behind the high mortality rate.
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