NANDED, India, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Twelve infants died in one day at a hospital in the Indian state of Maharashtra, sparking a political storm on Tuesday with opposition politicians accusing the regional government and hospital authorities of negligence. "My brother's one-day old infant died on Sunday at the hospital, and he was the fifth baby to die. We saw four more babies die in front of us," said Yogesh Solanki, whose family brought the baby to the hospital. The dean of Shankarrao Chavan hospital, Shyamrao Wakode, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on this allegation or opposition accusations of negligence, saying in a brief phone call that he had no time because a government minister was visiting the premises. In Shankarrao Chavan hospital on Tuesday, patients crowded the corridors and pigs roamed the premises outside, underlining the disarray at most government-run hospitals in the world's most populous country.

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Persons: Yogesh Solanki, Solanki, Shyamrao Wakode, Wakode, Francis Mascarenhas, Girish Mahajan, Narendra Modi's, Rahul Gandhi, Francis Mascerehnas, Sakshi Dayal, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hospital, Reuters, Medical College, REUTERS, BJP, World Health Organisation, Thomson Locations: NANDED, India, Indian, Maharashtra, Nanded, Mumbai, Chavan, Thane, New Delhi