Dead patient's relatives vent fury on hospital

Damage furniture, medical equipment and CCTV cameras at Nirmaya hospital

Nearly two months after a mob fury rocked Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, injuring one seriously, a similar incident took place at Nirmaya Hospital in Chinchwad on Saturday at 11pm.
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Grief transmuted into fury as relatives of a deceased, Sachin Shankar Ambule (23), stomped about wrecking hospital property.


The glass panes of the doors of the security room were shattered by the belligerent crowd

Ambule's relatives damaged furniture and equipment inside the hospital premises and also destroyed the CCTV cameras.

The Bhosari police said Ambule was admitted for treatment of malaria and died during the process. Because the security cameras were damaged, the police will have to rely on eyewitnesses to get information on who was involved, they said.

Subhash Rajule, medical superintendent of Nirmaya Hospital, said, "We do not want to comment. We have shared whatever information we have with the police."

Investigating officer, T D Gaud, said eight people have been charged for creating a ruckus at Nirmaya Hospital. No one has been arrested so far. The mob did not attack any staff members," he said.


The CCTV cameras pulled down by the mob lie on the ground

Past incidents
> Two weeks ago, Wasim Khada, who was injured in an assault, was declared brought dead by the private hospital he was taken to in Kondhwa Khurd. Soon after, a mob went on rampage and damaged the hospital
property.

> In early April, Pawar was undergoing treatment at the YCM hospital for injuries due to assault, when a group of armed ruffians entered the casualty ward of the hospital to attack him again.