Taking cognizance of recent deaths of patients in the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Medical College and Hospital at Maharashtra's Nanded district, Bombay High Court on Friday questioned state government over less postings of Professors in the medical college.
Pigs roamed as relatives of patients went about their chores - some brushing their teeth, some washing utensils. The scene was from the hospital in central Maharashtra where 31 patients had died in a span of 48 hours.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the deaths at the hospital in Nanded, where 35 people including 16 children died. | Mumbai news
The Congress on Wednesday accused the Maharashtra government of "criminal negligence" in the incident of 31 deaths at a hospital in Nanded and asked why medicines were "not procured on time" for the patients.