Koraput: The lessons from October 17 SUM Hospital fire in Bhubaneswar which claimed 25 lives are yet to be learnt, as government hospitals in tribal-dominated Koraput district still lack proper fire safety measures.
The 180-bed district headquarters hospital in Koraput and the 110-bed subdivisional hospital in Jeypore, which are the two major hospitals of the district, do not have adequate fire safety measures in place.
Sources said that apart from indoor patients, hundreds of outdoor patients turn up at these hospitals every day and if any fire mishap takes place, many lives would be lost.
So required precautionary measures should be taken at the earliest, he said. Community Health Centres (CHC) in 14 blocks of the district paint a similar picture.
The CDMO also admitted that no mock drill has been carried out so far to prepare the hospital staff to tackle such situation.
The authorities are advised to keep sufficient fire safety equipment and conduct mock drills at regular intervals, he said.
The 180-bed district headquarters hospital in Koraput and the 110-bed subdivisional hospital in Jeypore, which are the two major hospitals of the district, do not have adequate fire safety measures in place.
Sources said that apart from indoor patients, hundreds of outdoor patients turn up at these hospitals every day and if any fire mishap takes place, many lives would be lost.
So required precautionary measures should be taken at the earliest, he said. Community Health Centres (CHC) in 14 blocks of the district paint a similar picture.
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The CDMO also admitted that no mock drill has been carried out so far to prepare the hospital staff to tackle such situation.
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The authorities are advised to keep sufficient fire safety equipment and conduct mock drills at regular intervals, he said.
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