Bhopal hospital hearth: State minister Vishwas Sarang visited the hospital to test the scenario
Highlights
- The fireplace began in a ward on the third ground, mentioned an official
- Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed the incident as “very unhappy”
- He mentioned a high-level probe into the incident has been ordered
Bhopal:
4 newborns died on Monday evening in a fireplace that broke out at a authorities hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal.
The fireplace swept by way of the newborn-care unit of the Kamala Nehru Kids’s Hospital. “4 youngsters died within the hearth that broke out within the particular new child care unit (SNCU) ward most likely because of a brief circuit. We reached the spot together with others quickly after getting details about the incident. It was darkish contained in the ward. We shifted the kids to the adjoining ward,” State Medical Schooling Minister Vishwas Sarang mentioned.
The blaze began within the ward on the third-floor of the hospital, which has the ICU, at round 9 pm and 8-10 hearth enginers had been rushed to the location, mentioned Fatehgarh Hearth Station in-charge Juber Khan.
Visuals from the hospital confirmed shocked dad and mom breaking down on the steps after escaping from the ward because the rescue operation began. The opposite newborns had been shifted to totally different wards
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, condoling the deaths, mentioned the incident was “very unhappy”.
“We had been unable to avoid wasting three youngsters who had been already severely injured within the hearth incident which may be very painful. The rescue operation was swift and the blaze is below management, now however sadly the lives of three youngsters couldn’t be saved,” Mr Chouhan had tweeted earlier. One other demise was reported later.
“A high-level probe into the incident has been ordered. The probe shall be performed by further chief secretary (ACS) well being and medical schooling, Mohammad Suleiman,” the Chief Minister mentioned in one other tweet.
He has introduced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the relations of the victims.
Calling the incident as “very painful”, former Chief Minister and Congress chief Kamal Nath demanded “a high-level probe” into the incident and stern motion towards these answerable for it.
(With inputs from companies)