Jhansi Medical College Fire: Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Brajesh Pathak on Wednesday introduced the elimination of the principal of Jhansi Medical College and the suspension of 3 various other people about the November 15 fire event that asserted the lives of 10 newborns.
Health Minister Pathak additionally specified that the Chief Medical Superintendent of the university has actually 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 event happened at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, where 54 infants were confessed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the time. The fire, believed to have actually been triggered by a brief circuit in an oxygen concentrator, spread quickly in the extremely oxygenated atmosphere of the NICU, leading to the fatalities of 10 infants.
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Following the disaster, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava contacted allChief Secretaries of states and union regions, advising them to examine and reinforce actions for fire avoidance, readiness, and reduction in all health and wellness centers.
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 additionally gotten in touch with all states and union regions to promptly upgrade their fire avoidance prepare for health care centers and train health care team in fire safety and security methods, emptying treatments, and making use of fire-fighting tools.
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