In the Vladikavkaz Emergency Hospital, where an oxygen pipeline ruptured the day before, 11 patients died. A second oxygen supply line was scheduled to be launched the day before to relieve the system, but the accident occurred one hour before the scheduled launch.
The hospital was repaired two years ago, but the oxygen supply system was built earlier. The chief doctor was arrested. Investigators have detained the chief doctor of the hospital, the Investigative Committee of Russia reported on Tuesday evening. The Investigative Committee did not specify the name of the detainee, noting that investigators will soon apply to the court with a request for his arrest. He is suspected of providing services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of patients (Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
The acting Minister of Health of North Ossetia, Soslan Tebiev, reported on Tuesday that the number of deaths in the COVID hospital after the accident had risen to 11. Yesterday evening there were reports of nine deaths. In the Ministry of Health of the Republic, they stated that they do not associate the death of one of the patients with an accident.
“Doctors do not associate the death of one of them with an accident, the death was caused by thromboembolism. An additional forensic examination will be conducted for another case,” the statement from the department is quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
As a result of the accident, there was no oxygen in the intensive care unit of the hospital for four minutes, the deputy chief physician of the hospital, Liana Gutiyea, told journalists. According to her, it took two to three minutes to connect the patients to oxygen tanks. “There was no oxygen supply directly in the resuscitation rooms for four minutes. We had oxygen cylinders in the corridors, which were brought up within two minutes, and all the most severe cases were connected immediately, and then within another two or three minutes other patients were connected as well. After 14 minutes, the oxygen supply was completely restored. Our second line was also involved, and literally within 14-15 minutes they were connected with a tube and oxygen was started,” Gutieva said.
She also mentioned that on the day of the accident, the hospital had planned to start a second oxygen supply line to relieve the system, but the accident occurred, according to her, one hour before the scheduled start. We explain quickly, simply, and clearly what happened, why it matters, and what happens next. The number of episodes should remain the same: эпизоды
The end of the story: Advertising podcasts. The malfunction of the oxygen system occurred at the hospital on Monday around 18:00. “In fact, there was a rupture of the oxygen pipe from the underground reservoir, and the oxygen supply was interrupted. The pipe rupture has been found, and now they will continue to dig and restore it,” said the acting head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo.
According to the Ministry of Health, as of Monday morning, there were 651 people in the hospital, including 308 people with confirmed coronavirus, 67 people in intensive care, and 13 patients on artificial lung ventilation. It was reported the day before that nine of the 13 people on artificial lung ventilation had died. According to Minister Tebiev, the hospital was renovated two years ago, but the oxygen supply system was built earlier.
“The renovation was carried out, as far as I remember, two years ago. But the oxygen system was built much earlier, before the renovation. Then there were some modifications, installation of additional oxygen points,” he said.
A criminal case was opened in connection with the incident under the article on providing services that do not meet safety requirements. According to the head of the republic, law enforcement agencies have started an investigation into possible violations in the installation and operation of the oxygen system. The car with oxygen from the Ministry of Defense of Russia arrived on Tuesday in the Republican Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medical Care in Vladikavkaz, according to the press service of the Ministry of Health of North Ossetia. In Vladikavkaz, as a result of a burst oxygen pipe at the emergency hospital, nine people were killed, reported the press service of the head and government of North Ossetia.