Hospital Fire
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Bhopal hospital fire: 'Staff fled from burning ward instead of saving babies', parents allege
India | Nov 09, 2021, 11:17 AM ISTAccording to eye-witnesses, as the fire broke out in the special newborn-care unit of the hospital, parents and family members of the babies were seen running around screaming for help.
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4 kids die due to fire at Bhopal hospital's special newborn care unit; CM announces ex gratia
India | Nov 09, 2021, 09:10 AM ISTMedical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said a short circuit may have caused the fire and described the situation inside the ward as "very scary".
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Fire could be doused early if they had sprinklers: Officer says Maha hospital lacked safety measures
India | Nov 07, 2021, 02:28 PM IST"Our recommendations, including for sprinklers, were not implemented," he said, adding that this was the first such incident at the hospital.
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Maharashtra hospital fire: Several COVID patients died of smoke, some of burns, say police
India | Nov 07, 2021, 10:29 AM ISTThe blaze erupted around 11 am on Saturday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward where 17 COVID-19 patients were undergoing treatment.
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Maharashtra: 11 dead as fire breaks out at Ahmednagar district hospital, CM orders detailed inquiry
India | Nov 06, 2021, 04:56 PM ISTThe blaze was reported from Ahmednagar Civil Hospital in the state, District Collector Rajendra Bhosale said.
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18 killed in massive fire at hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch
India | May 01, 2021, 10:25 AM ISTAs per the fire department, they received the call at 12.55 am about the fire in the ICU COVID ward of the hospital.
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4 patients die in fire at Prime Criticare Hospital in Thane's Mumbra
India | Apr 28, 2021, 10:22 AM ISTCommenting on the situation, Thane Municipal Corporation said the patients died while they were being shifted to another hospital.
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16 critical COVID-19 patients rescued after fire in hospital ICU in Gujarat
India | Apr 26, 2021, 08:31 AM ISTA fire broke out in Ayush Hospital located on the fifth floor of a multi-storey building on Station Road in Surat at around 11.40 pm Sunday, after which sixteen patients admitted in the ICU were rescued and shifted to safer places with no casualty being reported in the incident.
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Palghar Covid Hospital Fire: Victim families allege staff was asleep during accident
India | Apr 23, 2021, 12:30 PM ISTRelatives of some of the victims, who died in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district early on Friday, alleged that the staffers of the facility were asleep when the blaze broke out
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Maharashtra hospital fire: PM approves Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for next of kin of victims
India | Apr 23, 2021, 11:28 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a blaze at a private hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the victims.
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UP: Fire breaks out at Kanpur hospital; patients evacuated, CM orders probe
India | Mar 28, 2021, 11:15 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, meanwhile, has taken cognizance of the fire incident at the LPS Institute Of Cardiology and has directed the authorities to provide immediate care to evacuated patients.
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Dream Mall Fire: Devendra Fadnavis slams Maharashtra govt and BMC over negligence in fire audits
News | Mar 26, 2021, 03:00 PM ISTA massive fire broke out on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at a mall in Mumbai’s Bhandup area, which also accommodates a COVID-19 hospital on its top floor. The fire has engulfed 10 people so far. As many as 76 COVID-19 patients were admitted to the hospital, which is located on the third floor of a mall.
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Mumbai: 10 killed, over 70 Covid-19 patients evacuated after fire at Sunrise Hospital
India | Mar 26, 2021, 11:31 AM ISTMumbai hospital fire: A major fire broke at a hospital in Mumbai's Bhanup area on Friday morning. The blaze claimed 10 lives.
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Odisha: Major fire breaks out at private hospital in Cuttack
India | Feb 01, 2021, 04:23 PM ISTAs many as 7 fire tenders were pressed into service to tackle the blaze in the multi-storey building of Sun Hospital.
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PM approves ex-gratia of ₹ 2 lakh to kin of Bhandara fire incident victims
India | Jan 11, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTPrime 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.
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Bhandara Hospital Fire: BJP calls for bandh in district today
India | Jan 11, 2021, 10:57 AM ISTThe 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.
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Kids should not die like this: Bhandara hospital fire victim's father
India | Jan 11, 2021, 08:15 AM ISTA 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.
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Thackeray meets Bhandara fire victims' kin, orders safety audit
India | Jan 10, 2021, 02:52 PM ISTMaharashtra 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.
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Bhandara hospital fire: Parents blame staff for dereliction
India | Jan 10, 2021, 09:38 AM ISTMany parents whose newborn babies were among those dead in the Bhandara hospital fire have blamed the staff there for dereliction of duty.
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Maharashtra's Bhandara district hospital lacked fire safety equipment, reveals RTI report
India | Jan 09, 2021, 01:01 PM ISTDetails 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.