Nanded hospital deaths: Mother of dead newborn lodges FIR against Dean
An FIR has been registered in Nanded Rural police station under Sections 304 & 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with the recent deaths at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Medical College and Hospital. As per the reports, the FIR was lodged by mother of a newborn who died at the hospital two days ago.
The FIR names the Dean SR Wakode and doctor of Delivery Department of the hospital. The police said there were no allegations of medical negligence in the complaint, it was more against an individual and administrative negligence.
Abhinash Kumar, Additional SP of Nanded said that a three-member medical committee was constituted to probe the matter.
FIR against Shiv Sena MP who made dean clean toilet at Nanded hospital
On Wednesday, an FIR was filed against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil after he had made the acting dean of the government hospital in Nanded to clean a washroom. Patil has been charged under multiple provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Indian Penal Code, and the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act.
The Shiv Sena MP had forced the interim dean of the hospital, where 31 patients had passed away within a span of 48 hours, to personally attend to the cleaning of a unhygienic restroom and urinals. A video capturing this incident had gained widespread attention on social media.
Demanding action against the Sena MP Patil, the Maharashtra chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has warned of protests. In a press release, IMA said a memorandum has been submitted to CM Eknath Shinde demanding action against people responsible for treatment meted out to the acting dean.
IMA (Maharashtra) president Dr Ravindra Kute said the medical fraternity also wants a proper investigation into Nanded hospital deaths. The IMA also claimed the staff at the hospital are less considering the huge footfall of patients.