Bombay HC To Hear Tomorrow Over Deaths At Govt Hospitals

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the deaths at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College Hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded where 35 individuals, including 16 children, lost their lives. The case is set to be examined tomorrow.

Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya, along with Justice Arif Doctor, has asked Advocate General Birendra Saraf, who represents the state government, to present information about the state's health budget allocation before the bench on Friday.

Meanwhile, the opposition took a dig at the Eknath Shinde government over the latest hospital deaths. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, "The deaths are unfortunate. We have taken the incident very seriously. An inquiry has been ordered and action will be taken appropriately."

Another event revealed 14 deaths including two infants, at Sambhaji Nagar's Government Medical College and Hospital. According to the hospital's superintendent, Dr Vijay Kalyankar, these deaths weren't due to a lack of staff or medicines.

Maharashtra's medical education minister Hasan Mushrif said, "Every death case at Nanded's Government Medical College and Hospital will be investigated individually by a committee. There are shortcomings and we will overcome them. Change will be visible (at the facility) in the next 15 days".

On the other hand, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar slammed the Eknath Shinde government. Pawar took to social media platform X, "The unfortunate incident of death of 24 people including 12 newborns in 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded is literally shocking.