Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. One more absconding doctor-cum-owner of the private hospital in Madhya Pradesh s Jabalpur city where a devastating fire had claimed eight lives was arrested from the Dumna airport on Tuesday, police said. India News | Jabalpur Hospital Fire: One More Absconding Doctor Held, Two Others Continue to Evade Arrest.
In a related development, Jabalpur's chief medical and health officer revoked the registration of 28 private medical facilities in the last three days for non-compliance of fire safety norms.
Refuting the accusation, the state's Medical Education minister Vishwas Sarang said they have taken no such decision (regarding not allowing patients to be admitted), but hospitals have been instructed to operate with full safety norms.