The statement added that there were at least a dozen other patients in the hospital, including newborns in incubators, who were connected to the same oxygen network and that no one was affected, ” confirming that there was no link between the deaths and the allegations about an oxygen deficiency. ”
The video, which was less than a minute long, spread quickly and widely on social media and was broadcast on state-owned television talk shows, where officials were invited to comment. The governor of Al Sharqiya, a region northeast of Cairo where the hospital is located, was asked why family members were allowed into the isolation ward, saying that “there was no visit” and that the man who was filming in it “stormed into the ward. ‘after he found out. the death of his family member.
The New York Times could not independently confirm whether there was an interruption or shortage of oxygen, but two witnesses reached by telephone objected to the official story and described a moment of panic among hospital staff, followed by the sudden death of a number of patients. They also said they may visit for an hour every day between 3pm and 4pm, a time that helps them feed and change their sick family members.
“The doctor reassured us that he was in a stable condition, that his oxygen level was 95, that he was walking and talking, no complaints,” Barakat Abdel Aziz, 50, said of his younger brother who was in the day that day. hospital is dead. Mr. Abdel Aziz said he returned that evening to drop off food. ‘Shortly afterwards there was a noise all around; people said the gas was finished and security forces surrounded the hospital. ”
Ahmed Mamdouh, the man who filmed the video, was in hospital with his aunt who also died.
“Yes, we are not supposed to be with Covid patients, but we wear a mask, and that’s what we do to look after our family members,” he said. Mamdouh (33) said. ‘That day she ate yoghurt with apples and oranges, and beef shank with rice. ”