Assam Hospital Fire
Assam: Narrow escape for 14 newborn babies as fire breaks out in Goalpara civil hospital
Guwahati: As many as 14 newborn babies had a narrow escape on Friday morning after a massive fire broke out in a child care unit of Goalpara civil hospital in Assam’s Goalpara district.
According to the hospital authority, there is no report of any casualty in the incident.
A senior doctor of the government-run hospital said when the fire broke out in the child care unit of the hospital, as many as 14 babies, their mothers, staff members were present there.
When the fire broke out inside the child care unit, other people, attendants of patients rushed to the spot and rescued the newborn babies, attendants from the child care unit.
Following the incident, the fire tenders were immediately reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
Goalpara district Deputy Commissioner Meenakshi Das Nath said that, all 14 babies and others were rescued and they were shifted to nearby private hospitals.
“Serious patients who were in the ICU of the hospital were also shifted to private hospitals. The situation is now under control,” Meenakshi Das Nath said.
The district administration suspected that, the fire broke out due to electric short circuit.
Meanwhile the Goalpara district administration has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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