Congress demands probe into 31 Maha hospital deaths

The Congress on Tuesday demanded a thorough investigation into 31 deaths at a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Nanded and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence in the matter.

Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge raised questions about the state government’s health system and sought the strictest punishment for the guilty. A top Maharashtra health official had on Monday told the press that 24 people, including 12 infants, had died between 30 September and 1 October at a government hospital in Nanded.

The toll rose to 31 on Tuesday with seven more people dying at the same hospital in the last 24 hours. In a post in Hindi on X, Kharge expressed his concern over the deaths. “It is said that these patients died due to lack of medicines and treatment.

A similar incident took place in a government hospital in Thane in August 2023 in which 18 patients lost their lives,” Kharge said. “Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims. Such incidents taking place repeatedly have raised a question mark on the health system of the state government,” the Congress chief said.