GMC death probe, Sept. 24 -- Ex-En, Dy Med Superintendent suspendedJammu Tawi, Sep 24:The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday suspended two officers, including a Deputy Medical Superintendent, over the shortage of oxygen supply to COVID-19 patients and mismanagement at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, leading to the death of a patient on the night of September 22.

The suspended officers are Tejinder Singh Soodan, in-charge Executive Engineer, Hospital Division, Mechanical Engineering Department, Jammu; and Dr Deepak Kumar, Medical Officer, presently working as in-charge Deputy Medical Superintendent, Super Specialty Hospital, Jammu, with the responsibilities of managing Oxygen Supply in GMC, Jammu.

Soodan has been attached ...