At least 10 new born babies died and several suffered from injuries as fire breaks out at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Jhansi Medical College. The incident took place on Friday evening. According to officials there were 54 infants admitted to NICU ward.
Last night, there was such a scene at the hospital where crying mothers & doctors running away with newborns in their hands, someone’s dead body and someone’s half-burnt body.
A line of injured children was formed in the emergency ward. Those whose children survived, their parents were seen running to another hospital with them. Within an hour, the happiness of the birth of children turned into mourning.
#WATCH | UP: The newborns who were rescued after a massive fire outbreak at the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Jhansi Medical College, undergo treatment
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The fire claimed the lives of 10 newborns pic.twitter.com/OdRdoPFZGZ
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2024
Painful Reaction Of Family Member Of Newborn
According to media reports, the mother of a newborn child fainted after seeing the condition of the child. Her husband himself was courageously feeding him water. The child’s mother was repeatedly saying that show me the child’s face once. A woman fell unconscious after seeing the condition of her son. When the husband ran to pick him up, he also became distraught. He told the media that his son was not able to breathe, so he was kept on machines in the ward, but he did not know that he would get death and not life. The entire ward was burnt to ashes, no one knows where and in what condition the children are. Doctors, officers, police, no one tells anything.
#WATCH | Jhansi Medical College tragedy | Kin of a newborn who died in the fire says, ” Our newborn was admitted here for one month. Yesterday there was an operation and after that, the baby was admitted there (NCIU). Around 10 pm yesterday the fire broke out, we rushed to take… pic.twitter.com/ZvXfIYq4yn
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2024
Jhansi DM Avinash On The Incident
DM Avinash Kumar, who formed a committee to investigate the accident, told the media that 10 children have died. Some children are injured and the rest are safe. The victims will be briefed one by one. He stated that, the fire is reported to have been caused by a short circuit.
थाना नवाबाद क्षेत्रान्तर्गत मेडिकल कॉलेज के NICU वार्ड में आग लगने की सूचना पर पुलिस द्वारा तत्काल मौके पर पहुँचकर फायर ब्रिगेड की मदद से आग को बुझा दिया गया है।प्रथम दृष्टया आग में 10 बच्चों की मृत्यु होने की सूचना है।अग्रिम कार्यवाही की जा रही है।इस संबंध में डीएम झाँसी की बाइट pic.twitter.com/sFHZCPJaNO
— Jhansi Police (@jhansipolice) November 15, 2024
Commissioner Bimal Dubey On The Incident
Commissioner Bimal Dubey said that, “Children are being given the best possible medical treatment, they will recover soon”.
#WATCH | Jhansi Medical College fire tragedy | Bimal Kumar Dubey, Jhansi Commissioner says, "Children are being given the best possible medical treatment, they will recover soon" https://t.co/Ki57EngJTf pic.twitter.com/pRVHuNusnG
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2024
Jhansi CMS Sachin Mahor On The Incident
Jhansi Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) Sachin Mahor said that, “There were 54 babies admitted in the NICU ward. Suddenly a fire broke out inside Oxygen concentrator, efforts to douse the fire were done but since the room was highly oxygenated, fire spread quickly…many babies were rescued. 10 babies have died, injured babies are undergoing treatment”.
#WATCH | Sachin Mahor, Chief Medical Superintendent says, " There were 54 babies admitted in the NICU ward. Suddenly a fire broke out inside Oxygen concentrator, efforts to douse the fire were done but since the room was highly oxygenated, fire spread quickly…many babies were… https://t.co/Ki57EngJTf pic.twitter.com/HwqjpgbcGU
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2024
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