They would concur that things could have gone horribly wrong, as would the patients and staff. Five patients on ventilator support on the fifth floor were ejected with the use of a hydraulic crane since they could not be carried out on stretchers.
Source: Hindustan Times
They were moved to the Nehru Hospital Extension’s intensive care unit.It’s time for serious reflection and a change in direction following a night of terror at the region’s top medical facility.
An investigation of the occurrence has been mandated. It has been discovered that IIT-Roorkee has been auditing five buildings for fire hazards since April. The PGI Director has credited staff training and fire safety drills for the quick response to the fire. Additionally, he pledged to take more fire safety precautions.
Source: Indian Express Punjab
On that matter, the institute has a lot of explaining to do. Unsettling information regarding the shortcomings in the fire-fighting infrastructure has come to light. The hospital block where the fire started has not yet received a renewal of its fire safety certificate, according to PGIMER. It is an unacceptable oversight that only one of the 16 PGI buildings has a no-objection certificate from the Fire Department. The matter needs to be addressed by the authorities right away. It may be challenging to add contemporary fire-fighting systems while keeping the hospitals fully operational because a few of the PGI’s facilities are old. But that can’t be a justification for not modernising the safety measures.
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