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Lucknow: CLOSE TO midnight on Wednesday, the Lucknow administration filed an FIR against a city hospital accusing it of spreading “false rumours” over shortage of oxygen.
On Thursday, the hospital administration, which had put up a notice on May 3 asking relatives to take away patients as it was facing oxygen shortage, said it would move the Allahabad High Court over the FIR.
Sun Hospital, located in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area, was declared a Covid facility around a month ago.
On May 3, the 45-bed hospital had 38 patients, with the hospital claiming all were on oxygen support at the time.
On Thursday, it had 28 Covid patients, with 20 on oxygen support.
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Lucknow: CLOSE TO midnight on Wednesday, the Lucknow administration filed an FIR against a city hospital accusing it of spreading “false rumours” over shortage of oxygen.
On Thursday, the hospital administration, which had put up a notice on May 3 asking relatives to take away patients as it was facing oxygen shortage, said it would move the Allahabad High Court over the FIR.
Sun Hospital, located in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area, was declared a Covid facility around a month ago.
On May 3, the 45-bed hospital had 38 patients, with the hospital claiming all were on oxygen support at the time.
On Thursday, it had 28 Covid patients, with 20 on oxygen support.
The FIR, filed at 11.30 pm on Wednesday, came a day after the Allahabad High Court, during a hearing, called deaths due to lack of oxygen a “genocide” and mentioned the notice put up by Sun Hospital.
Refuting police allegations of spreading rumours, Sun Hospital’s Akhilesh Pandey said, “I want the administration to come and talk to caregivers about what happened on May 3.
I am filing a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court challenging the action.” While Pandey said he was a manager with the hospital, police said he was one of the directors.