The Pune district administration has served notice to an agency operating a newly-created Covid-19 jumbo hospital here for alleged lapses and mismanagement at the facility, an official said.
Another agency has now been roped in to improve facilities at the hospital, set up in the premises of the College of Engineering here in Maharashtra, Pune divisional commissioner Saurabh Rao said on Monday.
Last week, a news channel journalist died at jumbo medical facility. His family members alleged that he did not get a cardiac ambulance in time.
"We have not yet completely replaced the agency operating the facility, but have served notice to it after some lapses were observed. In the meantime, another agency has started working to improve things at the facility," Rao said.
Talking about issues at the hospital, he said it was set up as the number of Covid-19 cases were rising in Pune.
"The Sassoon General Hospital had some technical issue at the same time which prompted it to reduce its beds equipped with ventilator and oxygen support. Due to this, the number of patients at this newly-created facility suddenly increased and that overburdened the system," Rao said.
Source: PTI
