Jhansi Medical College Fire: Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Brajesh Pathak on Wednesday launched the elimination of the principal of Jhansi Medical College and the suspension of three varied different individuals concerning the November 15 hearth occasion that asserted the lives of 10 newborns.
Health Minister Pathak moreover specified that the Chief Medical Superintendent of the college has really been charge-sheeted.
“Based on the investigation report of the four-member committee constituted on the instructions of the Deputy Chief Minister, the principal of the college has been removed. The Chief Medical Superintendent has been charge-sheeted, and three others have been suspended,” claimed Brajesh Pathak.
The occasion occurred at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, the place 54 infants have been confessed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on the time. The hearth, believed to have really been triggered by a quick circuit in an oxygen concentrator, unfold rapidly within the extraordinarily oxygenated ambiance of the NICU, resulting in the fatalities of 10 infants.
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Following the catastrophe, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava contacted allChief Secretaries of states and union areas, advising them to look at and reinforce actions for hearth avoidance, readiness, and discount in all well being and wellness facilities.
In a letter dated November 19, the Union Health Secretary specified, “This is in continuation of this Ministry’s previous communications via DO letters dated March 23, May 29, June 6, and July 30 (copies enclosed), wherein State Health Departments were requested to review and enhance capacities for fire accident prevention, preparedness, and mitigation in health facilities. Additionally, a detailed checklist on ‘Prevention and Maintenance of Fire Safety’ was shared with all States and Union Territories (copy enclosed).”
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.(* )letter moreover gotten in contact with all states and union areas to promptly improve their hearth avoidance put together for well being care facilities and prepare well being care group in hearth security and safety strategies, emptying remedies, and making use of fire-fighting instruments.
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