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Jhansi fire incident: PM Modi expressed grief, assistance of Rs 5-5 lakh to the parents of the dead babies and Rs 50-50 thousand to the families of the injured.

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Jhansi: Where a massive fire broke out in the children's ward of Maharani Lakshmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh late last Friday night, at least 10 infants died while 16 children were seriously burnt. Prime Minister Modi has also expressed his grief over this incident. On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each is being provided to the parents of the newborn babies who died in the Jhansi Medical College fire incident and Rs 50 thousand each to the families of the injured from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

Today the Prime Minister's Office tweeted regarding this incident and said, “Heartbreaking! The incident of fire in the Medical College of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh is heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences to those who have lost their innocent children. We pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense sorrow. “Under the supervision of the state government, the local administration is making every possible effort for relief and rescue.”

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Please note that Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak reached Maharani Lakshmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi today to get information about this incident. Brajesh Pathak said here that a fire safety audit was conducted here last February. A mock drill was also conducted in June. How and why this incident happened can be said only after the investigation report comes. Financial assistance will be provided to the families of newborn babies.

Along with this, Deputy Chief Minister Pathak said, “The local administration has been asked to submit the investigation report within 24 hours. At present, 10 newborns have died, 7 have been identified, 3 are yet to be identified. DNA testing will be done if necessary. Prima facie it appears to be a short circuit inside the oxygen concentrator. We will set up a helpline number for missing newborns. I am personally monitoring the situation and our thoughts are with the affected family.”

Expressing grief over the accident, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has also surrounded the Yogi government. He said today that the news of death of 10 children and injury of many children due to fire in Jhansi Medical College is very sad and worrying. Emotional tribute to everyone. The cause of the fire is said to be fire in the oxygen concentrator. This is simply a case of negligence on the part of medical management and administration or poor quality oxygen concentrator. Necessary punitive action should be taken against all those responsible in this case.

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Please inform that. Jhansi District Magistrate Avinash Kumar told reporters late night that the fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the hospital at 10.45 pm, possibly due to a short circuit. All the babies outside the BURX NICU and some of the babies inside have been evacuated. Taking cognizance of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the district administration officials to provide proper treatment to the children burnt in the accident.

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