Activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday staged a protest outside the office of the Thane municipal commissioner over the deaths of 18 patients at a civic hospital in Kalwa over the weekend. Protesters carrying placards shouted slogans against the civic administration accusing it of being responsible for the deaths Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (CSM) Hospital in Kalwa. Earlier on Sunday, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said 10 women and eight men died in 24 hours at CSM Hospital in Kalwa.