The hospital administration stated that there were three fire extinguishers on every floor and a fire drill is carried out regularly.
How foolish and self saving Administraors can be .
even in a small clinic like mine we have 6 fire extinguishers and fire drill is conducted mandatory every month where as there are just 3 on each floor for a big Hospital.
Distribute portable extinguishers for use on Class A fires so that the travel distance for employees to any extinguisher is 75 feet (22.9 meters) or less.
Distribute portable fire extinguishers for use on Class B fires so that the travel distance for employees to any extinguisher is 50 feet (15.2 meters) or less
According to theses standards I can bet none of the Government or private hospitals can pass an inspection.
when hearing the superintendents explanation i am reminded of an incident many years ago in Niloufer Hospital Hyderabad .
an IAS officers son was admitted to Niloufer with Guillain barre syndrome (this was before all the corporate hospitals were there in Hyderabad .
The patient died of respiratory failure. after the IAS office complained about lack of respirators to help such patients the administration constituted an inquiry committe led by a diplomatic Psychiatrist who in the end gave a report stating
" There are respirators available in Niloufer but facilities for their continuous operation are not available " such are the ways of administrations who think one can leave breathing intermittently.
How come a neonatal ICU was empty ?
How can this be possible where patients are admitted to Hospitals in excess of the usual bed capacity. and 3 to 4 patients usually occupy a space meant for one patient?
How foolish and self saving Administraors can be .
even in a small clinic like mine we have 6 fire extinguishers and fire drill is conducted mandatory every month where as there are just 3 on each floor for a big Hospital.
Distribute portable extinguishers for use on Class A fires so that the travel distance for employees to any extinguisher is 75 feet (22.9 meters) or less.
Distribute portable fire extinguishers for use on Class B fires so that the travel distance for employees to any extinguisher is 50 feet (15.2 meters) or less
According to theses standards I can bet none of the Government or private hospitals can pass an inspection.
when hearing the superintendents explanation i am reminded of an incident many years ago in Niloufer Hospital Hyderabad .
an IAS officers son was admitted to Niloufer with Guillain barre syndrome (this was before all the corporate hospitals were there in Hyderabad .
The patient died of respiratory failure. after the IAS office complained about lack of respirators to help such patients the administration constituted an inquiry committe led by a diplomatic Psychiatrist who in the end gave a report stating
" There are respirators available in Niloufer but facilities for their continuous operation are not available " such are the ways of administrations who think one can leave breathing intermittently.
How come a neonatal ICU was empty ?
How can this be possible where patients are admitted to Hospitals in excess of the usual bed capacity. and 3 to 4 patients usually occupy a space meant for one patient?
A fire broke out in the post operative ward & neonatal surgical ICU (paediatrics ward) at the Gandhi Hospital on Thursday afternoon.
Hyderabad: The entire post-operative paediatric ward on the third floor of Gandhi Hospital was completely burnt down on Thursday evening. No human casualties were reported as there were no patients in the ward, and as some neo-natal equipment was stored in the ward, the room had been locked by the hospital.
The fire started in the afternoon and it is suspected that it was due to a short circuit. No alarm was raised till the flames had engulfed the floor and a strong smell of burning was noticed.
Dr Shravan Kumar, hospital superintendent, said there were fire extinguishers on every floor and they were used but that was not enough to control the fire.
A fire engine from the Musheerabad station was enough to bring the fire under control.
All the equipment kept in the locked post operative ward was completely burnt.
A senior doctor said there was one patient till last week. Since then, there was no admission.
He said there was expensive equipment stored in the ward, which is why it was locked and was not even opened for cleaning.
The hospital administration stated that there were three fire extinguishers on every floor and a fire drill is carried out regularly.
The strong burning smell emanating from the ward and that got senior doctors to act immediately and call the fire brigade.
Fire officer K. Venkatesh said, “We had carried three tanks to extinguish the fire but only one was used. We are now investigating the cause of the fire.”
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