# Pazuello criticised over Manaus oxygen crisis

Date: 2021

In January 2021 hospitals in Manaus ran out of oxygen during a COVID-19 surge. A Supreme Court-authorised police inquiry and a federal prosecutors' improbity suit accused Health Minister [Eduardo Pazuello](/people/eduardo-pazuello) of delaying action; he denied wrongdoing, and a federal judge rejected the improbity suit in 2022.

## People

- Eduardo Pazuello: https://factrail.ai/people/eduardo-pazuello

## Sources

- https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2021/06/investigacao-da-pf-sobre-mortes-por-asfixia-no-am-e-papel-de-pazuello-travou-apos-demissao-do-ministro.shtml
- https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/justica-do-amazonas-inocenta-pazuello-por-crise-do-oxigenio/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/pazuello-manaus-oxygen-crisis-2021-01