The Sunday Independent

An embarrassment to the editor and subs

| The Editor

The front page article (Sunday May 30) by Roland Mpofu states India's healthcare facilities ran out of oxygen supply which led to a loss of “millions of lives”.

My emphasis. This is shamefully inaccurate, consequently inaccurate and undermines your newspaper's integrity.

Figures on May 30 cite around 326 000 fatalities from Covid-19 in India – each one a tragedy yet hardly “millions of lives”. The world figure is around 3.35 million.

If the figure quoted is a misprint or some sort of typo, it needs to be corrected urgently, prominently and with a suitable apology – including from whoever edits material.

Who checks material prior to publication? It was glaringly obvious to me at first sight.

My confidence in your reporting has been shaken.

– Christine Kuch, Senderwood. I agree Ms Kuch, it is inexcusable for us to get those figures wrong and as Editor I have to apologise to our readers, profusely for publishing misleading figures in our lead story published on May 30.

The intention was not to mislead, but a clear omission and an embarrassment on all those who handled the story, including the Editor herself.

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