Fire Safety In Hospitals

A 32-year-old patient was shot dead inside the hospital ward in Delhi on Sunday, sparking safety concerns. Now, it turns out Riyazuddin was shot dead due to mistaken identity.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to decide within four weeks on a representation to formulate basic fire safety norms, including the installation of sprinklers, for smaller hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed the need to ensure regular fire and electrical safety audits in hospitals and other public places as he reviewed the heatwave situation in the country.

Seven newborns were killed in a massive fire at a childcare hospital in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar. Several oxygen cylinders exploded spreading the blaze to adjacent buildings and pointed toward serious lapses in fire safety rules by the hospital.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday said that fire safety equipment will be made compulsory in every hospital irrespective of its size adding that the baby care hospital in Vivek Vihar was lacking No Objection Certificate (NOC) related t

Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 45 people, with more deaths likely among those rushed to hospital in critical condition.

More than 400 patients were evacuated to safety after a major fire broke out in PGIMER-Chandigarh's Nehru Hospital block late last night, officials said on Tuesday.

The post amassed nearly 600,000 views with some users questioning the hospital for allowing the ritual to be conducted inside its premises while others accused the hospital of flouting fire safety norms and risking the lives of its patients.

The post amassed nearly 600,000 views with some users questioning the hospital for allowing the ritual to be conducted inside its premises while others accused the hospital of flouting fire safety norms and risking the lives of its patients.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed the administration to conduct a review of fire safety mechanisms of all hospitals in the state after a massive fire at a hospital in Jabalpur where eight people died.

There was no emergency exit or proper fire safety equipment at the hospital in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, where five patients and three staff members died in a massive fire this afternoon.

Panic reigned at Rohini's Brahm Shakti hospital on Saturday morning when a fire broke out in its ICU and claimed the life of a 64-year-old patient.

Days after four infants died in a fire at the children's ward of Bhopal's Kamla Nehru Hospital on Monday night, the Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday removed three hospital officials.

Bhopal Kamla Nehru Hospital fire: A hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, where four infants died in a fire, did not have the mandatory fire safety clearance, a top official has said.

A day after the death of four newborns in a fire at a hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today ordered fire safety audit of all government and private hospitals in the state.

A 32-year-old patient was shot dead inside the hospital ward in Delhi on Sunday, sparking safety concerns. Now, it turns out Riyazuddin was shot dead due to mistaken identity.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to decide within four weeks on a representation to formulate basic fire safety norms, including the installation of sprinklers, for smaller hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed the need to ensure regular fire and electrical safety audits in hospitals and other public places as he reviewed the heatwave situation in the country.

Seven newborns were killed in a massive fire at a childcare hospital in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar. Several oxygen cylinders exploded spreading the blaze to adjacent buildings and pointed toward serious lapses in fire safety rules by the hospital.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday said that fire safety equipment will be made compulsory in every hospital irrespective of its size adding that the baby care hospital in Vivek Vihar was lacking No Objection Certificate (NOC) related t

Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 45 people, with more deaths likely among those rushed to hospital in critical condition.

More than 400 patients were evacuated to safety after a major fire broke out in PGIMER-Chandigarh's Nehru Hospital block late last night, officials said on Tuesday.

The post amassed nearly 600,000 views with some users questioning the hospital for allowing the ritual to be conducted inside its premises while others accused the hospital of flouting fire safety norms and risking the lives of its patients.

The post amassed nearly 600,000 views with some users questioning the hospital for allowing the ritual to be conducted inside its premises while others accused the hospital of flouting fire safety norms and risking the lives of its patients.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed the administration to conduct a review of fire safety mechanisms of all hospitals in the state after a massive fire at a hospital in Jabalpur where eight people died.

There was no emergency exit or proper fire safety equipment at the hospital in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, where five patients and three staff members died in a massive fire this afternoon.

Panic reigned at Rohini's Brahm Shakti hospital on Saturday morning when a fire broke out in its ICU and claimed the life of a 64-year-old patient.

Days after four infants died in a fire at the children's ward of Bhopal's Kamla Nehru Hospital on Monday night, the Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday removed three hospital officials.

Bhopal Kamla Nehru Hospital fire: A hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, where four infants died in a fire, did not have the mandatory fire safety clearance, a top official has said.

A day after the death of four newborns in a fire at a hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today ordered fire safety audit of all government and private hospitals in the state.