Oppn walks out of assembly over death of 3 women in hospitals

Members of the ruling alliance targeted the Maharashtra health department on Wednesday after opposition legislators in the assembly claimed three women died due to lack of proper treatment in staterun hospitalsThe opposition members later staged a walkout from the House during the ongoing winter session of the state legislature here saying they were not satisfied with the reply of Health Minister Tanaji Sawant in the matterDuring the question hour Congress MLA Varsha Gaikwad raised the issue of death of two women from Gadchiroli district and another woman from Buldhana who was shifted to Akola for pregnancyrelated complicationsDuring the discussion Sanjay Gaikwad belonging to the ruling Shiv Sena led by CM Eknath Shinde and Yogesh Sagar of the BJP came down heavily on the health departmentSagar said a pregnant woman named Vidya Gawande was brought to a Buldhanabased government hospital for treatmentThe information revealed the foetus had died still she was kept in the hospital for long and later referred to a hospital in Akola This is highly unprofessional and she should not have been referred to the Akola hospital It finally led to her death he saidSanjay Gaikwad said the same health officials who are responsible for the death of patients are asked to conduct probe into such incidentsThis will never improve the health departments functioning he saidHealth Minister Sawant who also belongs to the Shiv Sena said I will appoint an additional chief secretary ACS to conduct a probe into the death of the three women I will give a deadline of 15 days to the ACS to submit the reportHowever the ruling alliance members as well as opposition leaders said the ministers reply was not satisfactoryLeader of opposition in the assembly Vijay Wadettiwar said This way of functioning of the health ministry is unacceptable People are dying but there seems to be no seriousness from the governments side We condemn itThe opposition members then walked out of the HouseLater talking to reporters in the Vidhan Bhavan premises Wadettiwar said when the opposition members demanded an inquiry into the matter the speaker suggested for setting up of an inquiry committeeIt seems like the ministers are being shielded the Congress leader claimedHe said just appointing an inquiry committee was not enough and demanded a detailed probe into the matter as well as action against the doctors concernedWadettiwar said he also demanded resignation of the health minister on the issue in the House and staged a walkout due to the dictatorial attitude of the speakerHe claimed women and children were dying in government hospitals in various parts of the state due to negligenceLooking at all this it seems like the health department is on saline he saidTalking to reporters former health minister Rajesh Tope from the Sharad Pawarled NCP raised the issue of death of the pregnant woman who was shifted to Akola from the Buldhana hospitalHe said the patient was suffering from dengue and claimed there was lack of proper treatment to her and negligenceTope said the minister concerned should have taken action against those guilty in the matterSince the government did not take action the entire opposition staged a walkout from the assembly he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever