The leader of the house in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BMNC) Khalid Guddu expressed total displeasure about the manner in which the hospital is being managed and told reporters today that he had demanded an enquiry into its affairs.
Last night, children from the town aged between four and 12 were admitted to the hospital to be treated for common ailments like fever, cold and flu.
At about 8 pm, the nurse on duty gave them injections, after which all the 18 children developed rashes, vomitting and other complications.
Doctors said that two of the children who developed further complications were shifted to a private hospital where they are being treated.
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The doctor on duty at the hospital told PTI that children were injected with antibiotics which resulted in complications.
He said that the children were out of danger, adding that injection samples administered to the children would be sent for analysis.
Stating that the hospital was presently in the hands of the Maharashtra state health department, Guddu alleged that patients do not get proper treatment in the hospital.