Overview
- Police said more than a dozen relatives damaged glass entrances and windows at Sahyadri Hospital in Hadapsar on Wednesday morning after a patient died during treatment.
- Officers responded around 11 a.m., began detaining people involved, and reported no injuries at the scene.
- According to police, the crowd pelted stones and used barricade stands to break glass at the facility’s entrance.
- The patient’s son alleged negligence, claiming staff made his father sit in a wheelchair, causing stitches to snap and his condition to worsen before his death Tuesday night.
- Hospital COO Dr. Sunil Rao said 77-year-old Keru Sadashiv Sapkal was treated for a perforation following acute pancreatitis, experienced a slow decline due to comorbidities, died Wednesday morning, and the hospital will file a police complaint.