The incident was reported at Shankarao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital right here because of the alleged shortage of medicines.
Slamming the Eknath Shinde authorities over the loss of life of 24 folks, including 12 newborns in 24 hours, National (*24*) Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar asserted that the incident highlights the failure of presidency programs and referred to as for a critical response to make sure the protection of sufferers in the longer term. Sharad Pawar took to X and stated, “The unfortunate incident of death of 24 people including 12 newborns in 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded is literally shocking.”
The incident was reported at Shankarao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital right here because of the alleged shortage of medicines. Recalling the same incident in which 18 folks died in Kalwa Hospital of Thane Municipal Corporation, Pawar stated, “Just two months ago, there was an unfortunate incident where 18 people died in a single night in Kalwa Hospital of Thane Municipal Corporation. However, due to not taking this incident seriously, such a very serious incident was repeated in the government hospital in Nanded. This shows the failure of government systems.”
Pawar famous that the federal government’s failure to deal with the seriousness of that incident led to the same tragedy in Nanded’s authorities hospital. Pawar urged the state authorities to take rapid and concrete steps to stop such incidents from recurring, emphasizing the necessity to save the lives of harmless sufferers.
“At least considering the seriousness of these unfortunate incidents, 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,” Sharad Pawar added.Â
Dr Shyamrao Wakode, in cost dean of the Medical College, stated that the deceased have been affected by numerous illnesses including snake bites, arsenic, and phosphorus poisoning, and many others.
“Around 12 children died in the last 24 hours and 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,” Dr Shyamrao Wakode stated.Â
Ex-CM and senior (*24*) chief from Nanded, Ashok Chavan, stated that in addition to these deaths, one other 70 sufferers, referred from different personal hospitals in the district, are reported to be ‘vital’.
“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 stated.
