2023-10-04 12:54:34
16 infants died, out of 30 people who died within two days, in a government hospital in India, amid talk of a shortage of medicines and workers in that health center, which sparked a wave of anger in the country, according to what the newspaper reported.Independent” British.
The deaths of 24 people, including 12 infants, were reported between September 30 and October 1, at Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded district, located 620 kilometers east of Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra.
The toll rose to 31 victims on October 2, after 7 more patients were found dead, including 4 infants.
The deceased patients suffered from snake bites, stomach, kidney and heart diseases, while reports stated that 4 of the sick children were in the last stages of life.
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“It is said that these patients died due to lack of medicines and treatment, knowing that a similar incident occurred in another government hospital last August, where 18 patients lost their lives,” the head of the opposition Congress Party, Mallikarjun Kharge, wrote in Hindi on the “X” platform.
“The news of the death of 24 people, including 12 newborns, due to a lack of medicines at the government hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra, is very sad,” wrote Rahul Gandhi, a representative of the opposition Indian National Congress party.
However, a hospital official tried to downplay the severity of that incident, saying that most of the patients “were brought in in critical condition from neighboring areas.”
“We are the only tertiary care hospital in the region, and we often receive patients in critical condition,” explained the official, SR Wakodi.
Tertiary care is specialized consultative health care, in a facility that has personnel and facilities to perform advanced medical examination. Examples of tertiary care services include cancer treatment, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, plastic surgery, treatment of severe burns, advanced pediatric services, and other complex medical and surgical interventions.
Wakudi denied that the hospital was suffering from a shortage of staff or that there was a shortage of medicines.
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The hospital claimed that “basic medicines are available” and that it has “adequate funding.”
For his part, Director of Medical Education and Research in the state of Maharashtra, Dilip Maisika, announced the formation of a 3-member expert committee to investigate the incident and submit a report by one o’clock in the afternoon (local time) today, Wednesday.
State Chief Minister Eknath Sinhdi said the deaths were “unfortunate” and promised a thorough investigation into the incident, while opposition parties criticized the state government over the state of public health facilities.
“The (ruling) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is spending thousands of rupees on its propaganda, but is not providing money to buy medicines for children,” Gandhi alleged.
Earlier in August, 18 patients died within 24 hours at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, Thane.
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