<p><strong>Bengaluru: </strong>On Monday, District Incharge Minister Suresh Kumar said 24 patients including COVID-19 patients, died at Chamarajanagar District Hospital due to oxygen shortage among others reasons in last 24 hours.&nbsp;</p> <div class="css-1dbjc4n"> <div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4"> <div id="tweet-text" class="css-901oao r-1fmj7o5 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has spoken to Chamarajanagar district collector over the incident and called an emergency Cabinet meeting tomorrow.</span></div> </div> </div> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #f80707;"><a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/336nWsu Govt Extends Lockdown For 2 More Days, Restrictions To Continue Till Thursday 7 AM</a></span></strong></p> <div class="_2DVJJ"> <p>According to a TOI report, Chamarajnagar deputy commissioner Dr M R Ravi said that 12 of the deceased died due to oxygen shortage while the others have succumbed to various comorbidities and underlying medical conditions.&nbsp;</p> </div> <p>Meanwhile, Kumar said they have sought a death audit report which is expected this afternoon afterwhich they will initiate action against those responsible for the deaths. He&nbsp; further added that most of the patients came to the hospital at the last minute and that they did not get required oxygen supply on time from Mysuru.</p> <p>Preliminary investigations revealed that the oxygen supplies to the district hospital was diverted to nearby Mysuru. However, it is still not clear as who ordered for diverting the cylinder-supply from Chamarajnagar to Mysuru.</p> <p><strong>(This is a developing story, refresh for updates)</strong></p>

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