In order to ensure that patients’ bed sheets are changed daily, could government-run hospitals have sheets with days of the week printed on them to ensure that they are changed daily? Rohit Patil, Maharashtra’s youngest MLA at just 25, voiced concerns about the state’s healthcare system. On Friday, in his speech on the Budget, Patil urged the government to prioritise and expedite reforms to address pressing issues plaguing the health sector. 

“Kerala has a practice of printing the days of the week on bed sheets to ensure that they are changed daily. In fact, whenever a health officer conducts a surprise visit, they check whether the right bed sheet is pressed in service on that particular day. I feel, the Maharashtra government, too, should adopt a similar system,” suggested Patil, son of the late R R Patil (a close confidante of NCP leader Sharad Pawar, and who had served as state home minister).