Inmate in Yerwada's Reginal Mental Hospital died after accidently consuming poison in Pune.
As per the story published by the Pune Mirror, the name of the deceased is Vinod Khandagle and he died on Sunday night while undergoing treatment at Pune's Sassoon Hospital.
As per the officials, Khandagle was a stable patient. He, however, consumed phenyl assuming it as drinking water on Saturday morning, the official said. He was immediately taken to the hospital after he started vomiting.
The hospital administration, after the incident, formed a committee to conduct an inquiry into the matter.
Meanwhile, Pune district reported 2098 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 count to 94,978 on Tuesday, a health department official said.
He said the death toll rose to 2,185 with 56 more patients succumbing to the infection during the same period in the western Maharashtra district.
Also, 1,312 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery, the official said.
"Of the 2,098 cases, 1,192 were reported from Pune Municipal Corporation limits (the city), where the count rose to 59,496. With 629 cases, the tally in Pimpri-Chinchwad stood at 24,311," he said.
The number of positive cases in rural and Pune Cantonment Board areas increased to 11,171, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
