Nanded hospital records indicate that 42 percent of medical personnel positions, spanning departments such as paediatrics, general medicine, psychiatry, orthopaedics and others, remain vacant.
The Sena (UBT) MLC questions CM Eknath Shinde’s claim that the hospital had adequate stock of medicines, saying the dean had admitted to a medicine shortage.
Amid outrage over the deaths, including of some infants, from September 30 to October 2, the Hingoli MP visited Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday and took stock of the situation. A viral video showed Patil handing a broom to Wakode and making him clean a toilet.
Over 30 people have died in 48 hours at a government hospital in Maharashtra s Nanded, raising concerns about the state s health system. The Congress party has demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.