SUKANYASHETTY MUMBAI, APRIL 7A THE State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the state government to cough out Rs 90 lakh to revive the ailing tuberculosis sanatorium at Arangaon in Ahmednagar following a complaint filed by a local activist. Set up on an enormous 25acre land and catering only to the destitute, the tuberculosis sanatorium is in a pathetic state. According to the petitioner and local activist Aziz Khan Pathan, the hospital that has a capacity of only 25 patients cannot provide for the overflow of patients. The hospital does not have enough resources to provide medical treatment to more than 50 patients. SHRC chairperson Kshitij Vyas said that the patients are heaped in a cramped room, as there are not enough beds; the hospital has failed to make use of the premise and have misused the government grant. Vyas called the sanatorium a "living hell for the patients waiting for their death." Calling this `a state's obligation', the commission reprimanded the state failing to provide proper nourishment and medical treatment. Most of the patients are forced to either leave the hospital or pay from their pockets due to lack of funds. The order states that while the hospital caters to the destitute, it is solely the government's responsibility to provide adequate health and sanitation facilities to the patients. According to the survey conducted in the hospital, basic amenities like x- ray machine and laboratory tests are not available in the sanatorium. The commission has now asked the state government to fend for all patients admitted in the hospital until they are discharged. According to the reply filed by the sanatorium, a deficit of Rs 401akh was incurred last year. The sanatorium claims that an official application was filed before the state finance department and women and child department. However, there has been no response. The state has to provide a compliance report by or before May 15.