The Bhandara District General Hospital, by which 10 newborns died in a fireplace, had been working with out the obligatory no objection certificates (NOC) from the native fireplace division since its inception in 1981.
In 2015, when the hospital constructed an extension to open a sick new child care unit (SNCU), a medical retailer and a diet rehabilitation centre, no fireplace NOC was obtained from the Bhandara Nagar Parishad.
Senior district officers additionally mentioned the constructing was handed over by the PWD to the general public well being division with out an occupation certificates.
Since 2015, just one fireplace drill has taken place below the Kayakalp scheme in 2016-17.
A six-member committee comprising well being and fireplace officers and electrical engineers is conducting an in depth inquiry into the loss of life of 10 newborns within the hospital’s SNCU early January 9.
While the SNCU’s oxygen pipe and electrical wiring system had melted, its air-conditioning system and one radiant hotter have been gutted. Officials suspect the hearth both began in a single radiant hotter within the “out-born section” or within the electrical wiring, since each sustained most harm.
The four-storey civil hospital constructing has 482 beds. Early final yr, over 300 extra beds have been added for the remedy of Covid-19 sufferers. “The entire building’s wiring system is very old. We have raised this issue several times,” a well being official mentioned.
Last November, the Bhandara district well being workplace had written to the Bhandara Nagar Parishad to conduct a fireplace audit. Earlier, a letter, once more requesting a fireplace audit, was despatched to the Nagar Parishad in 2018. When contacted, Bhandara Collector Sandeep Kadam mentioned, “The inquiry is on. We are looking into the matter.”
