Jalandhar, Aug. 1 -- Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh visited the Jalandhar civil hospital on Thursday to assess the medical arrangements, particularly in the ICU and oxygen plant, following the deaths of three patients due to a disruption in oxygen supply on July 27.

The victims, including a 15-year-old snake-bite patient, a 32-year-old drug overdose victim, and a 30-year-old with a lung disease, died between 7.15 pm and 7.50 pm that day after the oxygen supply to the ICU was found to be inadequate.

Following a preliminary investigation that revealed gross negligence, the health minister announced that several top hospital officials had been suspended, including medical superintendent Dr Raj Kumar, senior medical officer Dr Surji...