Bhandara hospital fire: Uddhav Thackeray orders safety audit for all hospitals in Maharashtra, meets victims family The state govt announced formation of a a six-member team headed by the director of the health department on Sunday to probe the incident. The team was directed to submit its report within three days Police officers investigate the scene after a fire broke out at District General Hospital in Bhandara, about 70 km from Nagpur. AP
Bhandara: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday met kin of the newborns who died in a fire at the Bhandara district hospital the day before and said orders have been issued for conducting safety audit of all hospitals in the state.
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Ten babies died after a fire broke out on Saturday at the Special Newborn Care Unit of the four-storeyed district hospital in Maharashtra s Bhandara district
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Bhandara: Women stand in a corridor at the Bhandara General Hospital, where a fire broke out, in Bhandara district, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Ten infants died after a fire broke out in the special newborn care unit of hospital in the wee hours of Saturday. (PTI Photo)
Kin of Geeta and Vishwanath Behere, whose two month- old daughter was among the 10 newborn babies who perished in the blaze, blamed the hospital authorities for dereliction of duty.
Parents Of Babies Who Died In Maharashtra Hospital Fire Blame Staff Parents Of Babies Who Died In Maharashtra Hospital Fire Blame Staff Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who has ordered a probe into the incident, is scheduled to visit Bhandara on Sunday and meet hospital officials and parents of the victims.
A district official said the fire broke out around 1.30 am.
Bhandara:
Many parents whose newborn babies were among those dead in the Bhandara hospital fire have blamed the staff there for dereliction of duty.
Ten babies died after the fire broke out on Saturday at the Special Newborn Care Unit of the four-storeyed district hospital in Maharashtra s Bhandara district town, about 900 km from Mumbai.