Twenty-four patients, including 12 newborns, have lost their lives in the last 24 hours at Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded town, allegedly due to lack of medicines and medical help.
The incident, which follows closely on the heels of a similar incident in Thane, where 18 patients died in a single night, has once again raised serious concerns about the State’s health infrastructure.
The deaths are attributed to a shortage of medicines and medical assistance, exacerbated by inadequate healthcare facilities and a lack of medical staff and sudden influx of patients from neighbouring districts of Parbhani, Hingoli and Yavatmal.
