The fire started due to a short circuit in the control panel of a radiant baby warmer inside the SNCU which spread across the unit due to the inflammable material inside the unit.
MUMBAI: Nearly two weeks after the Bhandara fire incident, in which 10 newborns died at the district hospital, the public health department has ordered action against seven staffers of the hospitals including suspension of the district civil surgeon.
Public health minister Rajesh Tope said that department received the report of the inquiry committee led by divisional commissioner Sajeev Kumar late on Wednesday evening.
After going through the report it has been decided to suspend the civil surgeon Dr Pramod Khandate, medical officer on duty Dr Archana Mesharm and the sister in-charge Jyoti Bharaskar.
The Bhandara District General Hospital fire tragedy claimed the lives of 10 infants. Bhandara fire tragedy | Photo Credit: Times Now
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10 infants were killed in Bhandara District General Hospital fire tragedy
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray had announced a compensation of Rs 500,000 to the families of the deceased infants
Mumbai: In the latest development in Bhandara fire tragedy, the state probe committee in its findings have said that the on duty nurses were absent from the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital at the time of the tragic incident, sources said.
Times Now’s Rakesh reported that the probe committee in its 50-page report, which has been submitted to Maharashtra health secretary, has said that a baby warmer at the SNCU caught fire due to a short circuit. The report states that the tragic incident could have been averted if the nurses were present inside the ward. Sources have told the channel
Nagpur: With no more VIP visits expected now, the Bhandara district general hospital on Thursday discharged two babies out of the seven which survived the January 9 fire incident in its Sick Newborn Care Unit on the first floor. The mothers were allotted beds on the floor above in ward numbers 10 and 11.
Following the incident, the parents were reluctant to keep their babies at the hospital, which had shifted the infants to its family welfare section for the time being. In fact, some of the babies were to be discharged on January 9 itself but it got postponed after doctors got busy with damage control.
The police have said that the state probe committee is conducting the enquiry so far. Bhandara fire tragedy: More than 120 hrs later, no FIR filed
Mumbai: More than 120 hours since 10 infants died in Maharashtra’s Bhandara Hospital fire incident, no FIR has been filed into the case, prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to slam the Maharashtra government for passing the buck.
The police have said that the state probe committee is conducting the enquiry so far. The state health minister said that there is no need to rush into a crackdown. The deadline for the submission of the probe report has been extended.
10 infants were killed in Bhandara hospital fire tragedy. Bhandara hospital fire tragedy | Photo Credit: Times Now
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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.