50 died in two hospitals of Maharashtra in 3 days. These included 18 children; Currently 70 patients are in critical condition, family members accused of negligence

Another 8 people lost their lives on October 1 and 2, after 24 deaths in 24 hours at Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in Nanded in Maharashtra. With this, the number of patients who lost their lives in the hospital in 48 hours has reached 32. On the other hand, in the Government Medical College and Hospital of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 18 patients died in 24 hours, out of which 2 were newborns.

The medical superintendent of the hospital said that these deaths occurred between 8 am on October 2 and 8 am on October 3. In this way, 50 patients have died in two hospitals of Maharashtra in the last three days.

Condition of 70 patients in Shankarrao Chavan is critical
Of the 32 people who died at Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in Nanded, 16 are children. The series of deaths continues in this hospital since the night of 30 September. The condition of 70 patients is still said to be critical, out of which 38 are newborns. At present 138 newborns are undergoing treatment in the hospital.

There are 65 children admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Nanded Hospital, whereas the capacity is only 24 children. The hospital has a provision of 500 beds, but 1200 patients are admitted. The condition of 70 patients is still critical.

Patients accused of negligence
The relatives of the patients allege that the patients are dying due to negligence in the health system. Superintendent of Shankarrao Chavan Hospital, Dr. Ganesh Manurkar said that special efforts are being made to save the lives of serious patients. 42 beds were arranged for newborns, the staff who were on leave have been called back.

Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif said that the death of every patient in a government hospital will be investigated. The situation in the hospital will improve in the next 15 days.

The dean of the hospital said- Patients come here from far and wide. The number of patients increases in a few days and this creates problems for the budget.

The case of death of patients in Shankarrao Chavan Hospital came to the media on 2 October. When the hospital administration was asked about this, it kept calling these deaths as a normal incident throughout the day (2 October).

The administration said that 4 patients died due to heart attack. 1 patient had liver failure. One patient died due to poison consumption, 2 due to infection and 1 woman died due to excessive bleeding during delivery. Meanwhile, investigation into other deaths is underway.

Haffkine company stopped supplying medicines
On the evening of October 2, hospital superintendent Dr. Shyam Rao Wakode said that there is a shortage of medicines used in the treatment of snake bite and other serious diseases in the hospital. Haffkine Company has stopped supplying medicines. Employees are constantly being transferred from the hospital, so we are short on staff.

One government hospital within a radius of 70-80 km
The dean of the hospital had told that 6 boys and 6 girls have died in the last 24 hours. We are a tertiary care center and the only government hospital within a radius of 70 to 80 kilometres. That’s why patients come to us from far and wide.

The dean told that we had to buy medicines from an institute named Haffkine, but this could not happen. So we purchased medicines locally and provided them to the patients. The number of patients increases in a few days and this creates problems for the budget.

31 patients have died in Nanded’s Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in 36 hours.

Supriya Sule asked for the resignation of the concerned minister.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule held the state government responsible for the incident. He wrote on social media – The deaths in a government hospital in Nanded are no coincidence. These should be investigated.

Asking questions to the government, he asked whether the lives of the people of Maharashtra have become so cheap. This is a case of delay and negligence. Strict action should be taken in this matter. The resignation of the concerned minister of the state should also be taken. Besides, compensation should also be given to the families of all the deceased.

Health system on ventilator in three engine government
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray termed the death of the patients as unfortunate. Raj Thackeray wrote on social media – Despite the three engine government of BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) and NCP (Ajit faction), the health system of the state is on ventilator.

He claimed that there are no medicines in government hospitals of Maharashtra. Not only in Nanded, the situation is similar in Mumbai and Thane also. TB patients are asked to buy the medicine themselves and take it.

Kejriwal described the death of patients as painful
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the death of patients in Nanded hospital as painful. He said- How can any government be so irresponsible? These people are so busy in buying and selling MLAs to form the government that they do not care about the lives of the people.

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