CHHINDWARA: A hearth within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara left one new child lifeless and two others injured after a hotter machine allegedly caught fireplace early Saturday, officers stated.The incident occurred round 2am when sparks from the filament of the hotter machine allegedly triggered the blaze on the Chhindwara district hospital, they stated.Hospital employees used firefighting tools to deliver the fireplace beneath management.District hospital civil surgeon Kanchan Dubey stated all three newborns got major remedy earlier than being referred to Jabalpur for higher medical care.One of many infants was in essential situation and required surgical procedure. As a paediatric surgeon was not obtainable in Chhindwara, the new child was referred to Jabalpur, Dubey stated.The kid later died throughout remedy.The opposite two newborns additionally suffered burn accidents and had been referred to Jabalpur for additional remedy, officers stated.The hospital administration has ordered an inquiry to find out the reason for the fireplace.One of many affected newborns had been born to Shivani Verma and Aditya Verma only some hours earlier than the incident, officers stated.In the meantime, Madhya Pradesh Meeting Chief of Opposition Umang Singhar criticised the BJP authorities within the state over the incident.In a submit on X, Singhar alleged that hospitals had been turning into a risk to lives beneath the BJP authorities and referred to as for a direct fireplace security audit of all hospitals throughout the state.He additionally urged Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to make sure the protection of sufferers.(With PTI inputs)
