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Maharashtra: Fractures in state’s health system show ahead of budget
Updated On: 23 February, 2024 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
200 patients in hinterland lie down on the road after emergency food poisoning
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Patients being treated on the road at Bibi Rural Hospital
Ahead of the state budget, a hospital crisis emerged in Maharashtra as videos showed hundreds of patients treated on the road at Bibi Rural Hospital’s campus in Buldhana. Staff at the hospital said that out of the total 200 patients discharged, two patients, a 50-year-old woman with asthma and a man in his mid-30s, were referred to Jalna (50 km away) for specialised care. Villagers in Somthana and Khaperkheda, 1 km apart, relied on the sole nearby hospital during a mass medical emergency triggered by temple food consumption.
“We had to convince ambulances to come, but nobody listened. It was only after we informed the MLAs that people from both these villages would die in large numbers, that help came our way,” said Pratap Shinde, a resident of Somthana, 15 members of whose family had fallen sick. Khaperkheda resident Dadarao Snighade’s family first took him to a government hospital in Sultanpur, about 12 km away from his home. “It was shut. My vomiting would not stop. From there, we rushed to Bibi. This was around 10.30 pm. There was no bed available, and patients were made to lie on the road. Saline was hung up by a rope. There was one doctor and one nurse, others were private doctors.”
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