Anjali Waghmare, 22, who was undergoing treatment at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Governement Medical College & Hospital in Nanded, died Wednesday, unaware that her baby girl had died two days ago. As many as 31 lives were lost at the hospital within 48 hours. Anjali was first rushed to a primary healthcare centre by her family, and after which she was referred to a sub-district hospital. Since her condition was not improving, the family followed the doctor’s instructions and took her to the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Hospital on September 30 where she delivered a baby girl early Sunday. However, the infant died the next day. “Since my sister’s health was not in good condition, we didn't inform her about her baby’s death. But she, too, died during treatment today,” said Anjali’s brother, Nagnath Tompe. At the hospital, the family members were struggling to console Anjali’s mother who was grieving her daughter’s death. “My family and relatives are in deep grief and don’t know how to handle a situation where two of your family members died in just a matter of three days,” Tompe said. Anjali was living with her husband, Manchek, who works in a brick factory. “We are not clearly told the reasons for the deaths of my sister and her child. Doctors just said that the child died due to contaminated water in her mouth, while Anjali died due to excessive bleeding. We had brought 14–15 packets of blood, but still my sister could not be saved,” said Tompe. A close relative of Anjali said that the family spent over Rs 30,000 but the hospital could not save its two members. In a similar case, Kakandi (Nanded) resident Vijay Kadam who lost his wife and newborn had admitted his wife to the hospital on Monday evening. Kadam claimed that he was asked to buy medicines worth Rs 70,000 from outside, however, the mother and the baby died during delivery. Doctors told him that they developed multiple complications and could not be saved, said Kadam. Adding that he was not allowed to see them alive, he said doctors asked him if he wanted postmortem be performed on them.
