India, April 10 -- A 45-year-old Govandi resident, died on Monday evening after a civic-run hospital failed to treat him for acute urinary retention, bringing to the fore the apathy of the state's healthcare system for the second time in around 10 days. On March 28, a 26-year-old pregnant woman in Pune, who was in a critical state, was allegedly denied admission in the emergency section of the reputed Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital as the family was unable to pay a deposit of Rs.10 lakh the hospital had demanded. She died on March 31 after delivering twins at Manipal hospital, Pune, from post-pregnancy complications.

When Avinash Shirgaonkar, an employee at a private firm, began experiencing acute urinary retention early Monday morning, h...