7 More Patients Die At Maharashtra Hospital, 31 Deaths In 48 Hours

This takes the death count in the Government Medical College and Hospital to 31 in the past 48 hours

Seven more patients, four of them children, died late last night at the government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded that made national headlines yesterday following 24 deaths in 24 hours.

This takes the death count in the Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in the past 48 hours to 31. Among these 31 patients, 16 were infants or children.

Dr Shyamrao Wakode, the dean of the hospital, has rejected allegations of medical negligence. He has also said that there was no shortage of medicines or doctors and stressed that the patients did not respond to treatment despite being given proper care.