At least 18 deaths were recorded at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar within 24 hours ending at 8 am on Tuesday, an official said.
"18 deaths were recorded at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar between 8 am on October 2 and 8 am on October 3," the hospital medical superintendent told news agency PTI.
Out of the 18 deaths recorded at the GMCH, four persons were brought dead, the official said.
"Among the 18, two patients died due to heart attack while two others were suffering from pneumonia. Another three deceased patients were suffering from renal failure and another with liver failure. One patient died due to the failure of liver and kidney. One casualty each was reported due to road accident, poisoning, and infection after appendix burst," he said.
Two pre-term babies died on the sixth day of treatment (between October 2 and 3) at the hospital. "They were pre-term babies and weighed only 1,300 grams each," he added.
This came after the death toll at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded rose to 31. Twenty-four deaths were reported in 24 hours between September 30 and October 1 and seven more fatalities between October 1 and 2, according to officials.
A three-member inquiry committee has been formed to look into the deaths at the government hospital in Nanded.
With inputs from PTI
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