New Delhi [India]: Fire safety equipment will be made mandatory in every hospital, irrespective of its size, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said on Monday, adding that Vivek Vihar's Child Care Hospital has received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) related to fire safety. ) was lacking. , The decision comes after seven newborns died in a fire incident at Bab Care Hospital in Vivek Vihar on Saturday, “Earlier, NOC related to fire safety was not required for all those nursing homes which are located on the ground floor or first floor only. That's why this hospital did not have NOC, but now we have decided that fire safety equipment will be necessary in every hospital, whether it is ground floor or first floor or above,” Saurabh Bhardwaj said in a press conference. He further said that the hospital was allowed to have up to five beds but more than 10 beds were installed. “He had also applied for renewal of the license but was issued a memo as he lacked documents,” Bhardwaj said. The Health Minister further said that in the month of April, instructions were issued to all hospitals to ensure that fire audits are conducted and compliance reports are filed by June 8.Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into Vivek Vihar New Bore Baby Care. Hospital fire incident Meanwhile, Delhi Police has pointed out major lapses in its investigation that led to the death of seven newborns in the fire incident in Vivek Vihar on Saturday night. Police said that the license on which the hospital was running was no longer valid and there was no emergency exit on the hospital premises. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara, Surendra Chaudhary said that the hospital was allowed to have up to five beds, but they occupied more than 10 beds. We learned that the NOC of the hospital had also expired on March 31 and the hospital had permission for more than 10 beds.Up to 5 beds but they had installed more than 1 bed, apart from this they also did not have a fire exit system, so we have added sections 304 and 308 of IPC in the FIR and we have arrested its director. , Dr. Naveen Kichi. Dr. Akash, one of the doctors on duty, has also been arrested. The accused have 3 such clinics in Delhi.'' Police investigation further revealed that there were some doctors in the hospital.Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are not qualified to treat newborn baby requiring intensive care as they are the only BAMS degree holders. The two accused, identified as Dr Naveen Khichi (45), who is the owner of the hospital, and Dr Akash (26) have been arrested. The report further said that seven dead children, four male and three female newborns, were taken to GTB Hospital for postmortem. A total of 16 fire tenders were used to control the fire.