“These tragic deaths must serve as a wake-up call for the politicians as well as people of Maharashtra, prompting total overhaul of health policy and increased political commitment to public health,” Dr Shukla.
Demanding an impartial CBI probe into the spate of deaths in government hospitals across the state, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asked the Maharashtra government who is responsible for the Nanded deaths.
The woman’s father stated that Dr Wakode, the hospital dean, abused him when he told him there was no doctor or nurse to attend to his daughter, whose condition was deteriorating.