India, July 31 -- A 21-year-old man suffering from a kidney ailment died after the government ambulance he was being transported in allegedly ran out of oxygen in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district, prompting health officials to launch an inquiry.

A purported video of the incident, which occurred on July 27, surfaced on social media on Friday.

The patient, a resident of Sunhera Mal village under Bamhani police station limits, had been undergoing regular dialysis at the district hospital, officials said.

According to the family, he was taken to the community health centre at Bamhani on July 27 after his condition deteriorated.

They claimed that doctors put him on oxygen and referred him to the district hospital, but the oxygen supply in ...