Amravati , When parents and families of infants were fast asleep outside a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Amravati, waiting for the children’s recovery, they never imagined the night would turn into horror.
Security guards and nurses rushed in to rescue children from the smoke‑filled care units, some parents recalled, even as they blamed the hospital administration for the incident.
The situation was extremely difficult, with fire spreading above the children admitted in the ward, he and relatives of some other children recalled. “My child was on the first floor, and I personally went and brought him down. Security guards were the first to reach the spot and began rescuing the children, he claimed, adding that he also saw a nurse helping save lives.
A huge fire ripped through the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the District Women’s Hospital, leaving some newborns covered in black ashes, as panic spread through the wards, eyewitnesses told PTI Videos. Relatives of some children admitted to the hospital also claimed that the ward’s water spray system failed to function and said it should have been activated immediately when the fire broke out. Yogesh Savarkar, a resident of Achalpur in Amravati, said his wife and eight‑day‑old child were admitted to the hospital, while he was sleeping outside the building when the fire broke out. However, I could see black ashes on the other children in the hospital,” Savarkar said.
