Jan Arogya Abhiyan, a coalition of NGOs and health professionals, spearheaded this symbolic movement, rallying health advocates from various districts across the state.
Maharashtra government’s scramble to open new medical colleges, without hiring enough doctors, may have contributed to the tragic deaths of 24 patients.
A look into the state's real-time budget allocation and utilization data revealed that out of the hospital's annual budget for supplies and material of Rs 1.16 crore, the hospital has not utilised a single rupee even as Rs 35 lakh has been disbursed till now, this year.