On Monday night, a fire broke out in a government hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, killing four newborns. The fire engulfed a special department of the Kamala Nehru Children’s Hospital. “Four children were killed in a fire in the Newborn Special Care Unit (SNCU), possibly due to a short circuit. We arrived at the scene with others soon after receiving the incident information.
The ward was very dark. We took the children Move to an adjacent ward,” said Vishwas Sarang, Minister of National Medical Education. Juber Khan, head of Fatehgarh Fire Station, said that at around 9pm, the fire started in the ward on the third floor of the hospital, where there is an intensive care unit, and 8-10 firefighters were rushed to the scene.
Pictures from the hospital showed that when the rescue operation began, shocked parents fell on the stairs after escaping from the ward. Other babies are transferred to different wards Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed condolences to the victims, calling the incident “very sad”. “We were not able to rescue the three children who were seriously injured in the fire.
It was very painful. The rescue operation was quick and the fire was under control, but unfortunately, the lives of the three children cannot be saved,” said Mr. Zhou Han. Tweeted before. Later, another death was reported. The Chief Minister said in another tweet: “A high-level investigation has been ordered for the incident.
The investigation will be conducted by the additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Minister of Health and Medical Education, Mohammad Suleiman.” He has announced compensation of 400,000 rupees to the families of the victims.
News Source : NDTV
