Tag: Hospital Fire

Mumbai: A 65-year-old man Thursday succumbed to burn injuries he received in the Mumbai hospital fire, bringing the total number of people killed in the tragedy to 10, an official said. Besides, 116 injured people, including some children and firemen, were undergoing treatment in seven hospitals across the city, he said. Kisan Naravade died at […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against the authorities of the SUM hospital and the charitable trust running it after 25 people were killed in a massive fire last week here. The agency’s zonal office here has booked a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to examine the […]

Bhubaneswar: Agitated locals today staged a demonstration in front of the SUM hospital here during the visit of the Union Health Minister J P Nadda demanding a compensation of Rs 15 lakh to the families of those killed in the hospital blaze. They were also demanding the arrest of the chairman of the trust that […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the hospital blaze in Bhubaneshwar two days back, PMO said. He also sanctioned Rs 50,000 to each of those seriously injured from the PM’s National Relief Fund, the PMO added. Earlier on Monday, the […]

New Delhi: Only three of Odisha’s 568 hospitals have fire safety clearance, the National Human Rights Commission said today and issued a notice to the state government over the fire incident at a hospital in Bhubaneswar which has left 21 people dead so far. The Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today filed two FIRs alleging negligence in conduct and safety against a private hospital where a major fire broke out killing 20 people, while administrative inquiries into the mishap have begun. Two separate FIRs have been lodged by Joint Director of the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Umakanta Satpathy and […]

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today condoled the death of 20 people in a major fire at a hospital in Bhubneshwar in neighbouring Odisha. The Bihar CM said in a statement here that the state stood solidly with Odisha in this hour of calamity. He prayed to the Almighty to provide strength to the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after a major fire at a hospital here claimed 20 lives, the gutted portions of the private medical facility were sealed today ahead of a probe as the Odisha government made preparations for the treatment of the injured who have been shifted to other hospitals. While 20 deaths were officially confirmed, authorities […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot today condoled the deaths of the victims of the fire tragedy in a Bhubaneswar hospital. “Shocked to learn of the hospital fire tragedy in #Bhubaneswar. My heartfelt condolences to those who lost their loved ones (sic),” Raje tweeted. Gehlot also took to the […]

Bhubaneswar: 26-year-old Baina Behera was undergoing dialysis last evening when suddenly flames from a fire ripped through the first floor of the private Sum hospital here. Today, Behera considers himself fortunate to be alive, recalling how he asked the doctor to stop the dialysis and broke a window pane without waiting for any help and […]

Virar: Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said. The fire broke out…

Bhandara: As many as ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of Bhandara District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, said doctors. The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said. District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said the fire […]

Cuttack: In the wake of a fire mishap in Sadguru hospital in Cuttack last September, Odisha fire services department had ordered an inspection of fire safety arrangements at all Covid facilities in the State while it was further decided to conduct emergency drill every fortnight. Two months later, the Union Home Secretary too shot letters […]