Maharashtra’s Nanded hospital deaths have been taken seriously, said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday and added the government will be conducting a thorough probe and initiate appropriate action against the perpetrators of the tragedy. Shinde added that adequate medicine stock and medical staff were available at the hospital. The CM was speaking with media persons in Mumbai following a cabinet meeting.

“The government has taken cognisance of the issue. A probe will be initiated into the matter and those at fault will be punished accordingly. Some elderly persons with heart issues, pre-term infants and accident victims passed. The government has taken the issue seriously. The health minister, health secretary and other officials have been sent to the site to monitor the situation,” CM Shinde said about nearly 24 deaths being reported within 24 hours at a government medical college and hospital in Nanded.