New Delhi: India's apex agency for disaster management is preparing "mandatory" guidelines to cover fire and other emergency hazards in hospitals and a core group would be formed next week to finalise the rules, an official said on Saturday. The decision has been taken after a major fire struck a super speciality medical centre in Kolkata killing over 90 people last week. The hospital is accused of having no fire...
07:19 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Kolkata: A four-member probe team from fire services department on Monday visited a number of private and government hospitals to review fire-fighting arrangements there to avoid disasters like AMRI. "The Government is committed to taking stern action against those flouting fire safety norms. NOC for fire safety compliance is mandatory for all as we don't want such disasters to take place again," state's Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said here...
11:27 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: A 55-year-old person injured in the Sunday night fire at a community hall in north-east Delhi during a meeting of transgenders succumbed to injuries today, taking the death toll to 15 in the incident. Santosh from Kolkata, who had suffered 85 per cent burns in the Nand Nagri blaze, died at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in New Delhi, doctors and police said. With this, a total of 15...
09:23 PM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: A celebration among the eunuch community on Sunday ended in tragedy and loss. Fourteen people lost their lives and 40 suffered severe injuries in a fire that broke out in a community centre in North East Delhi. A short circuit was what triggered off the fire but the lack of a proper exit only led to more chaos and panic. Of the 35 admitted in the GTB hospital,...
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