Maharashtra News: 24 people, including 12 newborns, die within a day at Nanded govt hospital due to lack of medicine

  • A case of death of 24 patients, including 12 newborns, has been reported in the last 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra.

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Published2 Oct 2023, 08:30 PM IST
A case of death of 24 patients, including 12 newborns, has been reported in the last 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra.
A case of death of 24 patients, including 12 newborns, has been reported in the last 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra. (HT_PRINT)

A case of death of 24 patients, including 12 newborns, has been reported in the last 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra. According to media reports , the dean of the hospital blamed the shortage of medicines and hospital staff for this.

Dr Shyamrao Wakode of Govt Medical College Nanded said, "Around 12 children died in the last 24 hours...12 adults also died due to various ailments (snake bites, arsenic and phosphorus poisoning etc.). Due to transfers of various staff, there was some difficulty for us...We were supposed to buy medicines from the Haffkine Institute but that also didn't happen....Also, patients come from far off to this hospital and there were many patients whose sanctioned budget also got disturbed..."

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Ex-CM and senior Congress leader from Nanded, Ashok Chavan, said that besides these deaths, another 70 patients, referred from other private hospitals in the district, are reported to be ‘critical’.

"Around 24 people's death has been reported at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Medical College and Hospital and therefore I have come here and met the Dean. The situation is concerning and serious. The government should take this up and provide immediate help...Around 70 other people are critical. Replacement of a lot of nurses who were transferred has not been given,” Chavan said as reported by news agency ANI.

The Congress leader also said that all required help and resources should be given because the situation is ‘concerning’

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First Published:2 Oct 2023, 08:30 PM IST
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