Nanded Hospital Controversy; Death troll Increase | CM Shinde said- everything is fine; Bombay High Court said- shortage of medicine is not acceptable

The court has issued a notice to the state government. He has asked for details of the health budget by Thursday.

The series of deaths continues in Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Medical College and Government Hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra. 38 people have lost their lives in the last 72 hours. Meanwhile, differences of opinion have emerged within the government regarding the poor condition of the hospital. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has claimed that everything is fine.

At the same time, Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif has admitted the shortage of staff. The opposition has alleged shortage of medicines and staff and equipment being shut down in the hospital. The Maharashtra government has constituted a three-member committee to investigate. The committee has started work from Tuesday itself.

Here, the Bombay High Court has taken seriously the deaths in government hospitals of Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The court has issued a notice to the state government. The High Court said – the reason for shortage of medicines in hospitals is not acceptable. The court has sought details of the health budget from the state government by Thursday.

Earlier, on the evening of October 3, Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil reached Nanded hospital and expressed displeasure over the death case and got the toilet cleaned by Dean SR Wakode. After the photo and video of the incident went viral, the police have registered an FIR against Hemant Patil. Dean has alleged that the MP stopped him from performing his duty and insulted him.

Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil (in kurta) getting the toilet cleaned by Dean SR Wakode (wearing a cap).

18 patients died in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar government hospital
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.

Condition of 70 patients in Shankarrao Chavan is critical
Of the 38 people who died at Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in Nanded, 16 were 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, while 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.

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