In the course of 24 hours, 24 people, including 12 infants, passed away in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra.
While Ashok Chavan, the head of the Congress, asserted that seven further deaths had happened in hospitals since yesterday, increasing the overall death toll. Chavan posted on X, "Death toll in Nanded continues. Since yesterday, there have sadly been 7 more patient deaths at Government Medical College Hospital. Four kids are also among the deceased. The duty should be decided by the state government.
On Monday, a three-person expert team was assembled to look into the situation. On Tuesday afternoon, the committee will present its findings.
Six male and six female children have passed away in the past 24 hours, according to Dr. Wakode, dean of Doctor Shanakarrao Chavan Hospital in Nanded. He also noted that 12 adults had passed away from various illnesses, including snakebites and phosphorus poisoning.
"Yes, people do travel here from distant places. Because there isn't another hospital like us within 70–80 kilometres of the city, we frequently see emergency and critically ill patients. We experienced some trouble as a result of personnel transfers; also, we were expected to purchase medications from Halfkin Institute, but that also didn't occur," Wakode added, referring to the hospital's tertiary-level accreditation.
Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, stated that he will look into the situation further and that the proper steps will be done in this regard.
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Sharad Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), expressed his condolences for the loss of the 24 individuals and claimed that such an incidence demonstrates the shortcomings of the political system. Pawar wrote on X, "...The state government needs to ensure that concrete steps are taken so that these incidents are not repeated and the lives of innocent patients are saved," citing a comparable incident that happened two months ago in Thane.
- The 24 deaths in a single hour at the government hospital in Nanded drew criticism from the Congress on Monday from the BJP administration. Rahul Gandhi, a prominent party figure, claimed that while the BJP government spends millions of rupees on PR, nothing is spent on medicines for children.
- On the other hand, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of the Congress, called for harsh punishment of those at fault and restitution for the harmed families.
Dr. Dilip Mhaisekar, the director of medical education and research in Maharashtra, announced that a three-member expert team from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (previously Aurangabad), which was constituted to look into the problem, is expected to deliver a report of its investigation by 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Mhaisekar continued by saying that he will personally visit the hospital to examine the situation.
- When visiting the government hospital in Nanded, senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan urged the Shinde administration to prioritise funding for the GMCH and make the required arrangements for medical personnel. Ajit Pawar, the state's deputy chief minister and finance minister, will be contacted, Chavan promised. He added that 70 patients at the hospital were in critical condition at the time.
Dr. Shyamrao Wakode of the government medical college stated that the relocation of different staff members was a barrier to getting medications from the Haffkine Institute. He also added that patients travelled from a great distance to the hospital, and for many of them, their approved budgets were also disrupted.
- A number of other opposition politicians criticised the administration for the hospital deaths. Supriya Sule, a member of the NCP, poked fun at the "triple engine sarkar" for the tragedy and stated that each of these deaths required a thorough investigation. She added that Eknath Shinde, the chief minister, should accept the concerned minister's resignation immediately.
Priyanka Chaturvedi, the leader of the Thackeray faction, referred to these fatalities as "murder" and claimed that the constitutional state government's utter carelessness is to blame.
- According to Dr. Kishore Rathod, head of the GMCH's paediatrics department, everything went according to plan at the hospital. Hospitals received referrals for critical patients. Everything we need for treatment is on hand, said Rathod.
GMCH Dean stated that transferring different staff members and nurses posed a challenge for the hospital, noting that because this is a tertiary-level facility, patients must travel great distances. He mentioned that the hospital frequently receives urgent and life-threatening cases.
(With inputs from PTI)
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