All the coronavirus clients in an extensive care system in Egypt apparently passed away after the oxygen supply to the ward stopped working.
The oxygen level had actually dropped listed below 2% in the ward at the El Husseineya Central Hospital in Ash Sharqia province, the Middle East Monitor reports.
One of the client’s loved ones taped heartbreaking video of the consequences at the healthcare facility in the North East of the nation.
‘Everyone is dead,’ he is heard stating in Arabic behind the cam, ‘Everyone in the ICU has actually passed away.
‘Only nurses left. No one left. Everyone in the ICU has died. God is sufficient for us.’
The video reveals a variety of individuals, relatively still, in beds in the system as worried nurses take care of them.
The cameraman’s auntie, Fatima Al-Sayed Mohamed Ibrahim, 66, was amongst the clients being dealt with.
Reports on social networks declare the guy who shot the scene has actually been apprehended for taping what occurred.
A photo of a nurse, using complete scrubs and resting on the flooring in the corner of the system obviously in shock, was likewise shared online.
Other reports have actually recommended the nurse was fined for ‘not working during hard times’.
It is the 2nd event of its type to happen in Egypt after the exact same thing occurred to clients at the Zefta General Hospital in the Gharbia province.
Many have actually implicated the Government of corruption and neglect after the El Husseineya Central Hospital director declared what occurred was regular.
Dr Muhammad Sami Al-Najjar rejected there was an absence of oxygen and stated the clients passed away from natural causes – such as aging or other persistent illness.
Egypt’s heath minister, Hala Zayed, declared the clients didn’t pass away due to absence of oxygen and implicated the Muslim Brotherhood of spreading out rumours.
The guv of Ash Sharqia, Dr Mamdouh Gorab, stated 4 clients passed away instead of the entire ward.
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