Mumbai: 10 killed, over 70 Covid-19 patients evacuated after fire at Sunrise Hospital
India | March 26, 2021 11:31 ISTMumbai hospital fire: A major fire broke at a hospital in Mumbai's Bhanup area on Friday morning. The blaze claimed 10 lives.
Mumbai hospital fire: A major fire broke at a hospital in Mumbai's Bhanup area on Friday morning. The blaze claimed 10 lives.
As many as 7 fire tenders were pressed into service to tackle the blaze in the multi-storey building of Sun Hospital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the tragic hospital fire in Bhandara, Maharashtra.
The BJP has called for a bandh in Bhandara district of Maharashtra on Monday to express anguish over the death of ten infants in a fire at the district hospital here, a party MP said on Sunday.
A total of 10 babies perished in the fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday at the Special Newborn Care Unit of the four-storeyed district hospital.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said orders have been issued for conducting safety audit of all hospitals in the state, after 10 newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Bhandara.
Many parents whose newborn babies were among those dead in the Bhandara hospital fire have blamed the staff there for dereliction of duty.
Details have revealed the Bhandara district hospital, where the incident took place, lacked fire safety arrangements. According to the details provided by the RTI, the Bhandara hospital, in 2018 had said it lacked the equipment to control fire.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday ordered audit of all hospitals in state on an urgent basis following the fire incident at Bhandara District General Hospital that claimed lives of 10 people.
Smoke from the neonatal section of the hospital was at first noticed by a nurse, who raised an alarm. Thereby, doctors and other staff at the hospital reached the spot in five minutes.
There were 17 babies in the unit and seven were rescued. Fire brigade personnel rescued seven babies from the 'inbound ward' of the unit but could not save the 10 other babies.
The accused are identified as Prakash Moda, chairman of Gokul Healthcare, Vishal Modha, executive director, Tejas Karamta, a director, and Tejas Motavaras and Digvijaysinh Jadeja.
The fire broke out in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in Mavdi area, where 33 patients were admitted, around 1 am. Seven of the patients were admitted to the ICU, fire brigade official J B Theva said.
A fire broke out at the dedicated Sadguru Covid Hospital at Jagatpur in Odisha's Cuttack on Monday, said a fire official.
At least 8 patients lost their lives after a massive fire erupted at a hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. According to the details, the blaze was reported from Navrangpura's Shrey Hospital.
The fire broke out shortly before 10 pm after which the firefighters were informed about the incident at the hospital. “We have recovered five bodies. Of them four were male and one female,” fire service’s operations director Lieutenant Colonel Zillur Rahman told reporters.
A two-month-old boy, who had sustained severe injuries in a fire in the intensive care unit of a municipal hospital here, died of cardiac arrest in the early hours of Friday, a civic official said. Prince Rajbhar sustained serious burn injuries in the fire at the KEM Hospital on November 6, after which, his left arm was amputated, the official said.
One child dead, four others injured after a massive fire broke out at Hyderabad's children hospital in LB Nagar. The fire broke out due to a short circuit in Shine children hospital ICU.
The blaze was reported from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal.
The operation theatre of Employees' State Insurance Model Hospital in Delhi was engulfed in flames early on Friday. At least 6 patients were rescued after firefighters reached the spot to fight the blaze. Reason of the fire could yet not be ascertained.
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