Bhopal hospital blaze: CM Chouhan orders fire safety audit of all hospitals in MP
A day after the death of four infants in a fire at a hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has…
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Supreme Court stays Gujarat govt notification relaxing building use permission and fire safety norms at hospitals
The Supreme Court has stayed the Gujarat government notification for relaxing building use permission and fire safety norms at…
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Maharashtra grants Rs. 1.93 crore for fire safety measures at Bhandara hospital
Months after a fire at the Bhandara district hospital in Nagpur killed 10 babies in the sick newborn care unit (SNCU), the state…
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Ask hospitals to display boards on fire safety status: HC
Gujarat High Court has suggested that the state government should ask hospitals to put up flex boards outside their buildings…
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91 Pune hospitals on “severe risk” list in district fire audit
The district administration in Pune has issued directives for immediate compliance with fire safety norms to 91 hospitals that…
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Inspect hospitals to prevent fires, Home Ministry tells states, UTs
With a rise in fire incidents inside Covid hospitals amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Centre has told states and Union…
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In Haryana govt. hospitals, private security to be replaced by Home Guards
Private security personnel who are not professionally trained in how to control the public in case of emergency, but are deployed…
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HC asks Thane corporation to seal hospitals not having fire dept's NOC
The Bombay High Court has directed the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra to seal all private hospitals and nursing…
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SCB hospital trains guards to provide security to doctors
With an aim to check the growing clashes between attendants of patients and doctors working at SCB Medical College and Hospital…
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No fire-fighting appliances at Noidas government hospital
The district hospital in Noida is not equipped to handle any outbreak of fire on its premises. This inference can be drawn from a…
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AIIMS fire extinguishers past their expiry date
Thousands of patients visiting the emergency department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be sitting ducks…
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Punjab hospitals hire bouncers to protect doctors
Often facing backlash from relatives in cases of unexpected death of a patient, private hospitals here have started raising their…
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