Twenty-five children died over the weekend at a northern India government hospital that suffered oxygen shortages, taking the overall death toll to 85, authorities told AFP.

Indian media have linked 30 of these deaths last Thursday and Friday to a lack of oxygen as suppliers’ bills were not paid.

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Authorities have since launched an inquiry into the causes of the oxygen disruption but have denied reports that it was responsible for any deaths at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state.

source: Alarabiya