Ten infants killed in India hospital fireDELAYED EVACUATION: A parent said the tragedy could have been prevented if the safety alarm had worked, but instead hospital staff only acted after seeing signs of smokeAFP and AP, LUCKNOW, IndiaA fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said yesterday, with another 16 clinging to life after a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine. Babies rescued from the fire, all only days old, were laid side by side on a bed elsewhere in the hospital as hospital staff hooked up their arms to intravenous drips. Three bodies haven’t been identified as yet.”Another 16 infants who were rescued were undergoing medical treatment, police superintendent Gyanendra Kumar Singh said. Hospital staff acted only after they saw signs of smoke and fire. Friday’s fire comes six months after a similar blaze at a children’s hospital in New Delhi that killed six newborns.

Source: Taipei Times November 17, 2024 03:48 UTC