A disturbing incident unfolded in Nashik, when Dr. Kailas Rathi, the director of a local hospital, was viciously assaulted over a monetary dispute. The assailant, identified as the husband of a former hospital employee, allegedly attacked Dr. Rathi with a sickle, leaving him in critical condition.
Nanded govt hospital deaths: Congress leader Ashok Chavan alleged that the hospital has 500 beds. However, as many as 1,200 patients have been admitted. He appealed to the Eknath Shinde government to make arrangements for medical staff as well as funds for the hospital on priority.
A total of 10 babies perished in the fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday at the Special Newborn Care Unit of the four-storeyed district hospital.
Details have revealed the Bhandara district hospital, where the incident took place, lacked fire safety arrangements. According to the details provided by the RTI, the Bhandara hospital, in 2018 had said it lacked the equipment to control fire.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday ordered audit of all hospitals in state on an urgent basis following the fire incident at Bhandara District General Hospital that claimed lives of 10 people.
Smoke from the neonatal section of the hospital was at first noticed by a nurse, who raised an alarm. Thereby, doctors and other staff at the hospital reached the spot in five minutes.
There were 17 babies in the unit and seven were rescued. Fire brigade personnel rescued seven babies from the 'inbound ward' of the unit but could not save the 10 other babies.
A fire broke out in an ICU section of a government hospital in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district early Monday morning, an official said. All 15 patients who were in the ICU section were immediately shifted out and the blaze has been extinguished, he said.
A private hospital in Maharashtra has been asked by the district administration to deposit Rs 1.93 lakh into the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for allegedly overcharging COVID-19 patients, officials said.
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