Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The woman from Waldgaon was admitted to the maternity department of MGM Hospital on 30 October for her delivery. She died at about 9.50 pm on 2 November, in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
What followed has now become a police case against 16 people.
According to the complaint filed by the hospital administration, relatives gathered outside the SICU after the death and raised allegations of negligence in treatment. The protest turned violent. Window panes were smashed, hospital property was damaged, and doctors and security personnel who tried to intervene were attacked.
The medical deputy superintendent, Dr Narendra Yadav, was allegedly beaten with kicks and punches. Security officer Pushpa Mundhe, who went to pull him away, was also allegedly assaulted and injured her hand. Security manager Sheshrao Udar was hurt by broken glass. Supervisor Sunil Thorat and guards V. S. Londhe, R. D. Aher and Pathan were among those injured. The complaint also states that an MLC register being carried out of the ward by a doctor and a ward boy was snatched.
The case at Cidco police station names the woman's uncle Siddharth Dabhade, Rama Dabhade and Anil Brahmarakshas, along with others, taking the total to 16. Sections invoked include the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Police sub-inspector Anil Nanekar reached the hospital after being alerted and brought the situation under control, with a Dial 112 vehicle also responding. The investigation has been assigned to constable Bhausaheb Jagtap and is being pursued on the basis of CCTV footage.
Damage to hospital property has been estimated at about Rs 75,000.
The death is a separate question from the assault case. No finding of medical negligence has been recorded by any authority so far, and the hospital has not commented on the allegations made by the family.
MGM Hospital has seen similar confrontations before, and resident doctors have repeatedly raised the question of security in the casualty and maternity wings.