New Delhi: In view of the fire incident at Vivek Vihar Hospital, the Delhi government has directed all government and private health facilities to conduct a fire audit, however, several safety lapses have come to light in the neonatal hospital and the police is also investigating this matter. The question is why 27 oxygen cylinders were kept there.
Five oxygen cylinders had exploded during the massive fire on Saturday night, killing six newborns and injuring five.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday said it was discovered that oxygen refilling work was being done in the hospital and stressed that it is illegal to have a refilling system in a hospital as it could lead to fire.National Child Rights A delegation of the National Conservation Commission (NCPCR) visited the spot on Sunday and spoke to officials and family members of the victims, saying in its findings that the hospital building was absent emergency exits, did not have fire extinguishing equipment. was functional and there were millions of fire alarms and water sprinkler systems.
The Commission said that these lapses are a serious violation of the Indian National Building Code, 2016 and the guidelines of the National Disaster Management Authority.It said the commission's findings, which were shared with the Delhi LG and the Police Commissioner, highlighted a worrying lack of preparedness and safety compliance at the nursing home. On Monday, a city court booked the private hospital owner and Delhi Police's plea seeking three-day custodial interrogation of an on-duty doctor was accepted.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent hospital owners Dr Naveen Khichi and Dr Akash to three-day police custody.
Police on Monday said the bodies of six newborns, aged between one day and 20 days, were handed over to their families after post-mortem. Initially, the police had said that seven newborns died in the fire, but the bodies After testing, it was found that one of the children had died a few hours before the fire.Police said they will verify the documents related to the educational degree and hospital registration of the accused.
Many residents have alleged that filling of oxygen from big and small cylinders was being done in the hospital. However, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Surendra Choudhary said that no leads have been found so far to confirm the claims. Also, he said that the police are trying to find out why 27 oxygen cylinders were kept in the five-bed hospital.
The exact cause of the fire has not been known yet.According to an FIR, when police officials inspected the spot after the incident, a total of 27 oxygen cylinders were found lying inside and outside the premises of the hospital building. Five of these had burst. Police said the private neonatal hospital was functioning despite the expiry of its license on March 31. There was no approval from a qualified doctor or fire department.
The FIR states that police received a call at 11.29 pm and when they reached the spot, they found that the two-storey hospital was in flames."With the help of the fire brigade and CATS and ambulances of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal (an NGO), 12 newborns were rescued from behind the building and taken to the hospital. Four of them were male and three were female," the FIR said. The babies were declared dead. Two other male and three female infants were admitted to the hospital for treatment."
As firefighters worked hard to extinguish a massive fire at a private neonatal hospital, many parents whose newborns were admitted to the hospital had no idea what was happening.
Madhuraj Kumar, a painter, whose eight-day-old son was among the lucky survivors, learned about the fire when he saw the burnt hospital building while going to work on Sunday morning.Similarly, no one from the hospital reached out to Deepak Gautam, whose six-day-old daughter was admitted there. His sister informed him about the FIR after seeing it in the news.
The families of Madhuraj Kumar, Gautam and others accused the hospital of negligence but are happy that their children survived.
Kumar said, "My son was born eight days early and was shifted to the infant care unit for observation as he was born prematurely. He was fine and the doctors said he would be discharged on Sunday." Will be given.Meanwhile, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said the Delhi government has issued instructions to all private and government hospitals to complete fire audit and submit compliance reports by June 8.
Bhardwaj said the owner of the hospital in East Delhi's Vivek Vihar area was also "illegally" running another nursing home in Paschimpuri and a case was registered against him.
He had called a meeting to discuss the fire incident at the medical centre. Bhardwaj said it was learned that oxygen refilling work was being done at the hospital, and added that it would be seen whether the facility could do the work itself. Was it or any other agency was involved in it.
He stressed that it is illegal to have a refilling system in a hospital because it could cause a fire.
Delhi BJP on Monday alleged that Bhardwaj's OSD had a "suspicious" role in the "illegal operation" of the children's hospital.Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged in a statement that the health department, during an inspection in 2021, found the children's hospital capable of admitting only five newborns, but on the application of the hospital owner, the Health Minister's Officer on Special Duty (OSD ) tried to do so. Please note its capacity for 10 admissions.
Bhardwaj said that no one will be spared if found guilty. He claimed that Sachdeva was lying and that the hospital had been allowed only five beds.
According to official data, 55 people have lost their lives and over 300 have been injured in fire incidents in the national capital so far this year.Delhi Fire Services (DFS) data said 16 people died in January, 16 in February, 12 in March, four in April and seven till May 26.
51 people were injured in fire incidents in January, 42 in February, 62 in March, 78 in April and 71 till May 26. From January 1 to May 26, DFS received 8,912 fire-related calls.
Five oxygen cylinders had exploded during the massive fire on Saturday night, killing six newborns and injuring five.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday said it was discovered that oxygen refilling work was being done in the hospital and stressed that it is illegal to have a refilling system in a hospital as it could lead to fire.National Child Rights A delegation of the National Conservation Commission (NCPCR) visited the spot on Sunday and spoke to officials and family members of the victims, saying in its findings that the hospital building was absent emergency exits, did not have fire extinguishing equipment. was functional and there were millions of fire alarms and water sprinkler systems.
The Commission said that these lapses are a serious violation of the Indian National Building Code, 2016 and the guidelines of the National Disaster Management Authority.It said the commission's findings, which were shared with the Delhi LG and the Police Commissioner, highlighted a worrying lack of preparedness and safety compliance at the nursing home. On Monday, a city court booked the private hospital owner and Delhi Police's plea seeking three-day custodial interrogation of an on-duty doctor was accepted.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent hospital owners Dr Naveen Khichi and Dr Akash to three-day police custody.
Police on Monday said the bodies of six newborns, aged between one day and 20 days, were handed over to their families after post-mortem. Initially, the police had said that seven newborns died in the fire, but the bodies After testing, it was found that one of the children had died a few hours before the fire.Police said they will verify the documents related to the educational degree and hospital registration of the accused.
Many residents have alleged that filling of oxygen from big and small cylinders was being done in the hospital. However, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Surendra Choudhary said that no leads have been found so far to confirm the claims. Also, he said that the police are trying to find out why 27 oxygen cylinders were kept in the five-bed hospital.
The exact cause of the fire has not been known yet.According to an FIR, when police officials inspected the spot after the incident, a total of 27 oxygen cylinders were found lying inside and outside the premises of the hospital building. Five of these had burst. Police said the private neonatal hospital was functioning despite the expiry of its license on March 31. There was no approval from a qualified doctor or fire department.
The FIR states that police received a call at 11.29 pm and when they reached the spot, they found that the two-storey hospital was in flames."With the help of the fire brigade and CATS and ambulances of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal (an NGO), 12 newborns were rescued from behind the building and taken to the hospital. Four of them were male and three were female," the FIR said. The babies were declared dead. Two other male and three female infants were admitted to the hospital for treatment."
As firefighters worked hard to extinguish a massive fire at a private neonatal hospital, many parents whose newborns were admitted to the hospital had no idea what was happening.
Madhuraj Kumar, a painter, whose eight-day-old son was among the lucky survivors, learned about the fire when he saw the burnt hospital building while going to work on Sunday morning.Similarly, no one from the hospital reached out to Deepak Gautam, whose six-day-old daughter was admitted there. His sister informed him about the FIR after seeing it in the news.
The families of Madhuraj Kumar, Gautam and others accused the hospital of negligence but are happy that their children survived.
Kumar said, "My son was born eight days early and was shifted to the infant care unit for observation as he was born prematurely. He was fine and the doctors said he would be discharged on Sunday." Will be given.Meanwhile, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said the Delhi government has issued instructions to all private and government hospitals to complete fire audit and submit compliance reports by June 8.
Bhardwaj said the owner of the hospital in East Delhi's Vivek Vihar area was also "illegally" running another nursing home in Paschimpuri and a case was registered against him.
He had called a meeting to discuss the fire incident at the medical centre. Bhardwaj said it was learned that oxygen refilling work was being done at the hospital, and added that it would be seen whether the facility could do the work itself. Was it or any other agency was involved in it.
He stressed that it is illegal to have a refilling system in a hospital because it could cause a fire.
Delhi BJP on Monday alleged that Bhardwaj's OSD had a "suspicious" role in the "illegal operation" of the children's hospital.Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged in a statement that the health department, during an inspection in 2021, found the children's hospital capable of admitting only five newborns, but on the application of the hospital owner, the Health Minister's Officer on Special Duty (OSD ) tried to do so. Please note its capacity for 10 admissions.
Bhardwaj said that no one will be spared if found guilty. He claimed that Sachdeva was lying and that the hospital had been allowed only five beds.
According to official data, 55 people have lost their lives and over 300 have been injured in fire incidents in the national capital so far this year.Delhi Fire Services (DFS) data said 16 people died in January, 16 in February, 12 in March, four in April and seven till May 26.
51 people were injured in fire incidents in January, 42 in February, 62 in March, 78 in April and 71 till May 26. From January 1 to May 26, DFS received 8,912 fire-related calls.
