Skip to main content

Maharashtra Minister's "ICU Capacity" Explanation For Thane Hospital Deaths

Following the deaths of 18 patients in Thane's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Sunday said that after the ICU capacity of the hospital has been increased, more patients in critical condition were admitted in the hospital.

"The ICU capacity of this (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital) hospital has been increased and when the capacity is increased critical patients who are at the last stage of their life also get admitted. Doctors try their best to save them...A committee has already been formed to probe...If they are natural deaths and they had come at the last stage then it becomes very difficult for the doctors also...A patient can go to any hospital but in what condition he goes becomes important for the doctor to save him...," Minister Deepak Kesarkar said.

As many as 18 deaths were reported in the last 48 hours in the hospital. Thane Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said that a committee will be constituted for an impartial investigation into the matter.

"18 deaths have been reported in the last 48 hours. Some of the patients who have died were already receiving treatment for various ailments including chronic kidney disease, pneumonia, kerosene poisoning, road accident and other reasons. I have briefed the CM on these deaths. A committee will be constituted for an impartial investigation into this incident to find out if the patients received optimal treatment," the Municipal Commissioner said.

Meanwhile, relatives of the victims allege inefficiency on the part of the hospital administration adding that there was insufficient doctor capacity considering the huge number of patients.

Confirming the news, the hospital administration said that some patients died as some patients were shifted in critical condition from private hospitals while some were above 80 years of age.

“Since the closure of the civil hospital, all the patients from Thane were brought here. So there is a lack of doctors and medical facilities. The cause of death was different for each patient”, Dr Rakesh Barot, Superintendent, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Kalwa said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)



from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/8tx4g2A
via IFTTT
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Terrifying video shows plane flying through Hurricane Milton

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft Operations Center has released a video footage showing a research aircraft experiencing severe turbulence while flying directly into Hurricane Milton. The video, captured from the passenger side window of "Miss Piggy," a Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, shows the plane navigating through a dense, gray sky while being pounded by intense rainfall. In a post on X, the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center said, "Bumpy ride into Hurricane Milton on NOAA WP-3D Orion." The agency explained that the purpose of the flight was to gather data for hurricane research and contribute to improving the storm's forecast. The aircraft carried a team of at least four NOAA researchers on board. The video footage shows Electrical Engineer Tom Brannigan seated at the AVAPS (Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System) as the plane experiences loud and violent shaking. As the turbulence intensifies, a plastic bag tied
Post a Comment
Read more

BJP's Poll Body Meets To Decide Candidates For Upcoming Assembly Polls

The BJP's Central Election Committee met on Friday to finalise its candidates for the coming assembly polls amid indications that the party's top brass may field Union ministers in Rajasthan as it did in Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda among other CEC members brainstormed following hectic meetings the national leadership had with state leaders from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana in the last couple of days to address regional concerns and narrow down the list of probables. Sources said this could be the last meeting of the BJP's CEC, which has already met three times until now. The BJP is yet to name any candidate for the 119-member Telangana assembly elections slated for November 30. It has declared 41 candidates, including seven MPs, for the November 25 elections to the 200-member Rajasthan assembly and 136 for the November 17 elections to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assemb
Post a Comment
Read more