About 30 children died at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, on 10 and 11 August 2017 as its liquid-oxygen supply ran low after the supplier went unpaid for month…
The oxygen supplier asked BRD to clear its bills. Dues rose from about Rs 42.7 lakh to Rs 57.7 lakh.
The supplier warned that encephalitis patients in the monsoon need round-the-clock oxygen.
Pushpa Sales sent a legal notice saying it could not keep financing the supply.
Letters before the crisis.
Yogi Adityanath reviewed the college. The supplier wrote to the minister the same day.
The state said the liquid-oxygen alarm sounded and staff switched to cylinders.
23 deaths on 10 August and 7 on 11 August by official count, mostly newborns.
Why the numbers differ.
Rajiv Mishra was suspended. The state denied oxygen shortage caused the deaths.
The rights body sought a report, citing possible gross callousness by the health administration.
Four accounts, no answer.
Doctors, staff and the supplier were booked after the state inquiry reported on 22 August.
Mishra and his wife were held on 29 August; Dr Kafeel Khan on 2 September.
What happened to them.
The court found no material showing medical negligence by him individually.
A report dated April 2019 cleared him of negligence. The state said it was no clean chit.
He was dismissed after departmental proceedings and went to court.
From ward to High Court.
The court noted inquiries and action already taken by the state.
What the tragedy exposed.
No final trial verdict found. Khan's challenge to his dismissal was last reported pending.
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