Jhansi Medical Faculty Fireplace: Uttar Pradesh Well being Minister Brajesh Pathak on Wednesday introduced the elimination of the principal of Jhansi Medical Faculty and the suspension of three different people in reference to the November 15 fireplace incident that claimed the lives of 10 new child infants.
Well being Minister Pathak additionally acknowledged that the Chief Medical Superintendent of the faculty has been charge-sheeted.
“Based mostly on the investigation report of the four-member committee constituted on the directions of the Deputy Chief Minister, the principal of the faculty has been eliminated. The Chief Medical Superintendent has been charge-sheeted, and three others have been suspended,” mentioned Brajesh Pathak.
The incident occurred at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical Faculty in Jhansi, the place 54 newborns have been admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on the time. The fireplace, suspected to have been attributable to a brief circuit in an oxygen concentrator, unfold quickly within the extremely oxygenated atmosphere of the NICU, ensuing within the deaths of 10 newborns.
Following the tragedy, Union Well being Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava wrote to all Chief Secretaries of states and union territories, urging them to overview and strengthen measures for fireplace prevention, preparedness, and mitigation in all well being amenities.
In a letter dated November 19, the Union Well being Secretary acknowledged, “That is in continuation of this Ministry’s earlier communications by way of DO letters dated March 23, Might 29, June 6, and July 30 (copies enclosed), whereby State Well being Departments have been requested to overview and improve capacities for fireplace accident prevention, preparedness, and mitigation in well being amenities. Moreover, an in depth guidelines on ‘Prevention and Upkeep of Fireplace Security’ was shared with all States and Union Territories (copy enclosed).”
The letter additional known as on all states and union territories to right away replace their fireplace prevention plans for healthcare amenities and prepare healthcare workers in fireplace security protocols, evacuation procedures, and the usage of fire-fighting tools.
