Pune Police seeks clarity in Sassoon Hospital report on woman's death

Pune: Pune police have cited ''ambiguity'' and sought clarity from Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) in the latter's report on the death of a pregnant woman who was allegedly denied admission by Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital.   

Tanisha Bhise, the wife of the private secretary of BJP MLC Amit Gorkhe, was refused admission over non-payment of a deposit of Rs 10 lakh in the last week of March. She died in another hospital after giving birth to twin daughters.      

The final report prepared by a committee of the Sassoon General Hospital was submitted to the government and the Pune police on Wednesday.   

Medical Dialogues recently reported that a six-member expert panel of Sassoon General Hospital and BJ Medical College has been constituted to investigate the death of a young mother who was allegedly denied admission at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune on March 28 due to the non-payment of a Rs 10 lakh advance deposit, after the city police approached the institution for assistance. This marks the fourth committee set up to investigate the incident, following three previous committees that have already submitted their reports—the most recent being the third report from the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Maternal Death Review Panel.