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The panel probing the death of ten newborns in a fire at the Bhandara district hospital in Maharashtra has submitted its report on Wednesday. As per the its recommendation, the district surgeon has been suspended for negligence of duty in this case. Also, a decision has been taken to transfer the additional district surgeon. Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) department head and nurses have been suspended and two nurses and a pediatrician have been terminated from their services, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Thursday.
Moreover, the Health Minister said that according to the report of the inquiry committee, there is a strong evidence of fire in the electric circuit in SNCU.
Updated Jan 21, 2021 | 22:14 IST
Ten newborn babies, admitted in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the hospital, had died in the January 9 fire. Visuals from the day of the fire at the Bhandara hospital in Maharashtra.
Mumbai: Strict action will be taken against the guilty after the report is submitted to the Maharashtra government in connection with the January 9 Bhandara district hospital fire, in which 10 newborns were killed, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters here, Pawar said, We did not receive the report till yesterday. We are waiting for the report.strict action will be taken against whoever is guilty after the report is submitted (to the government).
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday informed that the state government has suspended the civil surgeon along with two others from the Bhandara hospital, where 10 infants died in a blaze earlier this month.
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Bhandara hospital fire tragedy: NHRC has issued notice to Maharashtra government
Mumbai: Day after 10 infants were killed in the Bhandara hospital fire tragedy, it is being learnt that the government-run Bhandara District General Hospital has been operating without a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the fire department, reports said on Tuesday.
In a tragic incident, 10 infants were killed and another seven were saved after a fire brke out at a neo-natal care ward of the state-run hospital at Bhandara in eastern Maharashtra on January 9, 2021.