Four people were killed after a fire engulfed the ICU of Prasad Hospital in Muzaffarpur, triggering a large rescue operation, compensation announcement and a high-level inquiry.
A communiqué issued by the Office of the Medical Superintendent of SMS Hospital at 10:00am placed the death toll at six.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire quickly filled the hospital with smoke, and many on-duty doctors and staff fled the scene.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed his profound sorrow over the loss of lives and the injuries sustained by newborns in the tragic fire at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Jhansi Medical College.
Fire wreaked havoc in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College on Friday night in which 10 newborn babies died of burns and suffocation in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Around 54 children were rescued safely.
The authorities noticed that the fire broke out at around 3.15 am in the ICU ward located on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh hospital at Tirupati Nagar in Virar town.
Some people were still trying to determine the whereabouts of loved ones among the 103 patients inside Badim Hospital when the blaze erupted.
The officials are evacuating the patients and rescue operations are underway.
26 patients had to be shifted to other hospitals while other patients were taken to the ground floor
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