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CJP announces Maharashtra campaign to assess public hospitals
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday announced a statewide campaign to assess public hospitals in Maharashtra. Founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that patients face overcrowding, long waits for surgeries and poor facilities…
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The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday announced a statewide campaign to assess public hospitals in Maharashtra. Founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that patients face overcrowding, long waits for surgeries and poor facilities in government hospitals. He claimed some patients sleep on floors and that CT scans can involve waits of up to a week.
The campaign will document hospital infrastructure and access to treatment, the party said. It follows the CJP’s “School Thik Karo” campaign, which collects data on drinking water, toilets, benches, windows and other facilities in government schools. The CJP plans to use findings from both drives to seek improvements in public education and healthcare across Maharashtra.
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The easy narrative is that every government hospital is failing, while the counterclaim is that isolated complaints prove little. Neither is enough. The CJP has announced an audit, not produced verified findings, and its allegations need hospital-wise evidence. A useful test would be a public record showing staffing, waiting times, diagnostic backlogs and facility gaps across the hospitals it visits. Will the campaign publish that data and follow up on corrections?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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