According to her, data was received on the course of the verification of the incident.
"A report from resuscitators who worked in the department that there were interruptions and even shutdowns," Levitskaya quotes TASS.
As the specialist noted, this fact can only be verified by the investigating authorities, which are currently dealing with this issue "in full".
At the same time, she emphasized that the check established that there were no problems with the supply of oxygen cylinders from the supplying organization.
“According to the explanatory statements that we were given: from the technical service there was an explanatory statement that there were no interruptions in the supply of oxygen.
At the same time, we also received an explanatory letter from the acting head of the medical institution that there were some interruptions, ”she said.
She clarified that at the same time five patients with confirmed coronavirus died in the hospital, and not 13, as reported by the media.
"There are incriminated deaths of five patients who died at about the same time, because 13 patients, these were deaths, unfortunately, during the day," she explained.
On October 21, Roszdravnadzor announced that it would conduct an examination after the death in Rostov-on-Don of 13 patients with coronavirus who were connected to ventilators and, according to media reports, died from a lack of oxygen, the agency said.
The Kremlin expressed the hope that a prompt investigation into the circumstances of the death of patients will be carried out.
According to the deputy head of the city administration, Elena Kozhukhova, the death of patients is not associated with a lack of oxygen.
Earlier it became known about the death of the head physician of the hospital number 20 Rostov-on-Don Yuri Dronov.