Reactions started pouring in after NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday morning took to social media and expressed concerns over the death of eight patients at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Aurangabad, now called Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
He cited that this report has come within 24 hours of the Nanded’s Dr Shanakarrao Chavan GMCH reporting deaths of 24 patients, including 12 infants.
However, the hospital administration has stated that on an average, the norm for deaths per admitted patient is nine out of 1,000 at a higher health facility and anything beyond that is considered to be serious.
Summary:
★Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra reported 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, including two infants.
★NCP chief Sharad Pawar expressed concerns over the death of eight patients at GMCH in Aurangabad.
★Nanded’s Dr Shanakarrao Chavan GMCH reported deaths of 24 patients, including 12 infants.
★Hospital administration states that the average norm for deaths per admitted patient is nine out of 1,000 at a higher health facility.
Dean Dr Sanjay Rathod said, “Our hospital, which is the largest state-run facility in the region, daily caters to about 2,000 patients from 14 districts. Irrespective of the condition of the patient, he or she is admitted. Most of the patients that reach here are referred to the third stage. For us every death is unfortunate. If we go by the stats, the death of 10 patients out of 2000 patients is a very small percentage.”
He said that in many cases, the patients are brought dead and when this patient is declared dead, this number is accounted for in our account.
“We appeal to people not to fall prey to any rumors about the high number of deaths resulting from GMCH. This institute has been catering for the past six decades. It is true that at times we face shortage of medicines, but we ensure that it does not take a toll on a patient’s life,” he said.
Echoing him, hospital’s superintendent Dr Vijay Kalyankar said, “Out of about 400 patients reported dead last month at GMCH, over 100 were brought dead patients, while out of the remaining patients, most of them were in terminal stage and suffering from serious ailments.”
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