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10 infants die in Bhandara hospital fire
As many as ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Maharashtra. According to the details, the fire was reported in the Special Newborn Care Unit of a hospital, in the wee hours on Saturday. All the infants were between a month and three months old, a doctor said. The fire broke out in the Bhandara district hospital at around 2 am, he said. There were 17 babies in the unit and seven were rescued, he added.
Another doctor said a nurse first noticed smoke coming out from the neonatal section of the hospital and alerted doctors and other staff who reached there in five minutes.
Bhandara Fire: Nitin Raut says no discrepancy found from MSEDCL, meter condition also normal
Bhandara Fire: Nitin Raut says no discrepancy found from MSEDCL, meter condition also normal
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 18:20 IST
Maharashtra Energy Minister Dr
Nitin Raut on Saturday said that no discrepancy from the MSEDCL side was found in the fire at
Bhandara district hospital that claimed the lives of 10 newborn babies.
Raut had ordered the officials of the Energy Department to visit the hospital and find the cause of the tragic incident.
After the Nagpur Regional Director of MSEDCL and senior officers visited the spot, Raut tweeted, “After my direction, a team of Energy department officials led by MSEDCL Regional Director, Suhas Rangari, visited the fire accident spot of Govt. Hospital Bhandara. No discrepancy from MSEDCL side was found. No tripping on the feeder was found. Meter condition is normal.”