Karnataka’s COVID death audit committee reconstituted

To analyse the causes and factors leading to COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka, the State government has reconstituted its COVID death audit committee. A Government Order on the new committee was issued on June 17.

The new committee, set up under the chairmanship of B.L. Shashibhushan, director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Chest Diseases, has a member secretary and 14 members from the Health and Medical Education departments and various hospitals.

The committee will examine and analyse factors such as causes, symptoms, comorbidities, vaccination, number of days of hospitalisation, and delay in registration and reporting of COVID-19 deaths at the State level. The committee will provide instructions and suggestions to follow the treatment protocols and effectively implement the guidelines issued by the government from time to time, stated the order.