Another Hospital Tragedy In Maharashtra: 8 Deaths In 24 Hours
NDTV
Twelve patients died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the 18 deaths, four were brought dead, he added.
Eight people, including two newborns, have died in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district in the last 24 hours. This is the second hospital tragedy to strike Maharashtra as 31 deaths in the last 48 hours at a government facility in Nanded district has been making headlines.
Twelve patients died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the 18 deaths, four were brought dead, he added. Two pre-term babies are also amog those dead. "They weighed only 1,300 grams each," the official said.
Dean of the hospital Sanjay Rathod, however, downplayed the incident, saying "there is no major disparity between the number of deaths and the total number of admissions".
