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Nanded. In the last 24 hours, 12 newborns and as many adults died in a government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra. The dean of the hospital has blamed the shortage of medicines and hospital staff for this. SK Bakode, dean of Nanded’s Shankarrao Chavan government (government )hospital, said on Monday that of the 24 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 12 were adults due to “various diseases, mostly snake bites”.
He said, “Six newborn boys and six newborn girls died in the last 24 hours. Twelve adults also died of various diseases, most of which were from snake bites. “We are facing some difficulties due to transfer of various employees.”
He said, “We are a tertiary care center and this is the only such place within a radius of 70 to 80 kilometers. That’s why patients come to us from far and wide. “On some days, the number of patients increases and it creates a problem for our budget.”
The dean said, “There is a Haffkin Institute. We had to buy medicines from them, but that also did not happen. But we purchased medicines locally and provided them to the patients.”
The government assured to remove all the shortcomings
Regarding this incident, Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Hasan Musarif said, ’24 people have died in 24 hours. We have sent the Medical Commissioner. The entire matter will be investigated. I am going to Nanded myself. I will personally take stock of the entire matter and will correct whatever shortcomings we have.
NCP MP Supriya Sule blamed the “triple engine government” for the deaths and said each of these deaths should be thoroughly investigated. He said that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde should immediately accept the resignation of the concerned minister.
Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that this is an unconstitutional murder due to complete negligence on the part of the state government. “This is shameful, please don’t call them deaths, this is unconstitutional murder due to complete negligence on the part of the state government,” he said in a post on X. “They are so busy planning impressive programs or foreign trips that they have forgotten that their basic job is to serve the state.”
State Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif also confirmed the deaths. Giving further details, he said that of the 12 children who died, six were admitted for more than two days, while the remaining six were admitted less than 24 hours before their death. He said, “We have sent the Medical Commissioner, the entire matter will be investigated, I am going to Nanded myself, I will take stock of the entire matter myself. Whatever our shortcomings, we will make up for them.”
