A massive fire broke out at New Born Baby Care Hospital in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar Area on Saturday night. This incident led to the death of seven infants and several others injured.
This incident occurred late at night, prompting a swift response from the Delhi Fire Services, who dispatched nine fire tenders to the scene upon receiving the call at 11:32 pm.
Officials confirmed that twelve newborns were rescued from the hospital. The rescued newborns are shifted to East Delhi Advance NICU hospital for further treatment and care.
The Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Naveen Chinchi, the proprietor of Baby Care New Born Hospital, under IPC sections 336, 304A, and 34. Investigations are underway to determine if the hospital possessed a fire NOC. The owner of the hospital is reportedly absconding.
Officials said that 12 newborns were rescued from the building. “A fire call from Baby Care Centre, near ITI, Block B of Vivek Vihar area was received. A total of nine fire tenders were dispatched,” said DFS chief Atul Garg.
“It was a very tough operation. We made two teams. One team started firefighting because there was a blast of cylinders, we can say the chain of blast of cylinders. So we had to save ourselves also. We started rescue operations for babies as well. Unfortunately, we could not save all the children. We removed all the twelve babies to the hospital. But after arrival, they declared that 6 were dead. That is a regrettable incident,” the DFS chief said.
India reacts to fire breakout
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the East Delhi Hospital fire which left many dead is heart-rendering and warned those for negligence to be punished.
Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj also said the strictest punishment will be given to those found negligent or involved in any wrongdoing.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari says, “Delhi is in a lot of pain, in a lot of trouble. Arvind Kejriwal has made Delhi a mountain of pain and tears…. Who is responsible for this? Yesterday’s incident is heart-wrenching. The series of fires continues. No steps are taken for prevention. Investigation reports do not come. The government is asleep…“
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva says, “The corrupt administration of Delhi government is responsible for this entire accident, and this is not the first time such incident has taken place…Every time they talk about the investigation, talk about action and in its name they also indulge in corruption, collect money and start the system…The children who lost their lives, what was their fault?.. they trusted the corrupt administration of the Delhi Government…The root cause of every corruption is the administration of Delhi because it gives protection to culprits…“
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the death of children due to a fire in a hospital in Delhi is heart-rending and prayed for strength to the bereaved parents. “I pray for the speedy recovery of other children injured in this incident,” she said.
