A committee will be constituted to investigate whether patients who died in the last 48 hours at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Mumbai’s Thane district received appropriate care, officials said on Sunday.
In the last 48 hours, up to 18 people died in the hospital. According to Thane Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, a committee would be formed to conduct an unbiased probe into the situation.
“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 stated.