Mah Govt claims hospital facilities burdened

 

 

 

THE Maharashtra Government on Friday told the Bombay High Court that the State-run hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar which recently saw a spurt in patient deaths faced a heavy inflow of extremely critical patients from private hospitals. However, the court said the State can’t escape its responsibility.

 

The State Government also told a division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor that there does not seem to be any gross negligence on the part of the State-run hospitals. Advocate General Birendra Saraf, appearing for the Government, told the court on Friday that all medicines and other equipment required at the hospitals for the management of patients were available and administered as per protocol.

 

The patients who died had been brought in critical condition from other hospitals. “There are issues. There is no denying that. But it does not seem like there was any gross negligence by the hospitals. Of course, it is sad what has happened. People have died. Every death is unfortunate,” Saraf said. He said the doctors and medical staff at the hospitals were burdened. The bench sought to know how the Government plans to strengthen public healthcare.