Bhopal: The death toll in the fire mishap that occurred at the Government Kamala Nehru Children's Hospital (Hamidia Hospital Complex) in Bhopal on Monday night has been increased to eight. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed grief over the accident.
He tweeted that the incident of fire in the children's ward of the hospital is very sad. Instructions have been given for a high-level inquiry into the incident of fire in the children's ward of the Hospital in Bhopal. The investigation will be conducted by Additional Chief Secretary Health and Medical Education Mohammad Suleman.
CM Chauhan said, "The untimely death of children is unbearable pain. I pray to God for the peace of the kids' souls. My deepest condolences to the families of these children. I am praying for the speedy recovery of the injured in the incident."
Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said that there were 40 children in the ward at the time of the incident, out of which 36 are safe. An ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh will be given to the parents of each deceased.
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#UPDATE | "We have no information of our children, it's been 3-4 hours," say parents who are waiting outside the Kamla Nehru Hospital. pic.twitter.com/kC62YMKR09
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">#UPDATE | "We have no information of our children, it's been 3-4 hours," say parents who are waiting outside the Kamla Nehru Hospital. pic.twitter.com/kC62YMKR09
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021#UPDATE | "We have no information of our children, it's been 3-4 hours," say parents who are waiting outside the Kamla Nehru Hospital. pic.twitter.com/kC62YMKR09
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021
Earlier, there was chaos outside the hospital after the fire broke out. Family members were seen outside the hospital in search of their children. Fatehgarh fire station in-charge Zubair Khan said that the fire broke out on the third floor of the hospital building at around 9 pm on Monday night and after receiving information fire tenders reached the spot and doused the fire.
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अस्पताल के चाइल्ड वार्ड में आग की घटना बेहद दुखद है। बचाव कार्य तेजी से हुआ, आग पर काबू पा लिया गया, लेकिन दुर्भाग्यवश पहले से गंभीर रूप से बीमार होने पर भर्ती तीन बच्चों को नहीं बचाया जा सका।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) November 8, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">अस्पताल के चाइल्ड वार्ड में आग की घटना बेहद दुखद है। बचाव कार्य तेजी से हुआ, आग पर काबू पा लिया गया, लेकिन दुर्भाग्यवश पहले से गंभीर रूप से बीमार होने पर भर्ती तीन बच्चों को नहीं बचाया जा सका।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) November 8, 2021अस्पताल के चाइल्ड वार्ड में आग की घटना बेहद दुखद है। बचाव कार्य तेजी से हुआ, आग पर काबू पा लिया गया, लेकिन दुर्भाग्यवश पहले से गंभीर रूप से बीमार होने पर भर्ती तीन बच्चों को नहीं बचाया जा सका।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) November 8, 2021
The fire is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit. The Medical Education Minister reached the spot on receiving information about the fire. Meanwhile, amidst the uproar, the family members of the children alleged that instead of saving the children, the hospital staff fled the spot. One of the parents said that they are yet to trace their kid while eyewitnesses said some parents were seen running with their children.
