Maharashtra hospital deaths: In the wake of deaths of several patients at government-run hospitals at Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in a extremely short span of days, Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif on Thursday said that positive changes will be brought in the functioning of the state-run medical facilities in the next four months, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, as many as thirty-one patients, including several infants, died at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded in 48 hours since September 30, while the death of 18 patients was recorded at the Government Medical College and Hospital at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar between October 2 and 3, officials said.