Maharashtra: After Nanded, govt hospital in Aurangabad records 18 deaths, including 2 newborns, in 24 hours

More than 18 people have died in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, this time in Aurangabad’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The government hospitals in the state have reported a total of 49 deaths in 48 hours. A report by PTI quoted medical superintendent of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Aurangabad confirming that at least 18 people have died within 24 hours ending at 8 am on Tuesday. “18 deaths were recorded at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar between 8 am on 2 October and 8 am on 3 October,” the hospital said. This comes against the backdrop of 31 deaths at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded. At least 24 people died in 24 hours between 30 September and 1 October in the Nanded government hospital, while seven more patients, including four children, lost their lives in the hospital between 1 and 2 October. Cause of death of 18 people in Aurangabad govt hospital The superintendent of Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar said out of the 18 deaths recorded at the GMCH, four people were brought dead. “Among the 18, two patients died due to heart attack while two others were suffering from pneumonia. Another three deceased patients were suffering from renal failure and another with liver failure. One patient died due to the failure of liver and kidney. One casualty each was reported due to road accident, poisoning, and infection after appendix burst,” he said. The official said two pre-term babies died on the sixth day of treatment (between 2 and 3 October) at the hospital. “They were pre-term babies and weighed only 1,300 grams each,” he added. The official assured that the facility was not running short on life-saving drugs. “We are ascertaining which are the last-minute referrals to the GMCH among these cases (18 fatalities),” he added. The facility has the permission for 1,177 beds but anytime more than 1,600 patients remain admitted, he said. “As this facility is a tertiary care unit, we had nearly 28,000 admissions last month. Out of these admissions, 419 deaths were recorded with us (in September). The percentage is 1.45 per cent,” he added. Patients from various districts of the Marathwada region and cities in north Maharashtra visit the GMCH. With inputs from PTI