Bhopal’s Kamla Nehru Hospital, in which at least four infants died late on Monday in a fire, did not have a no objection certificate from the fire department, according to a govt officer.
The fire officer of Bhopal Municipal Corporation has said that the hospital had never applied for any fire NOC and that none of the fire-fighting equipment in the hospital was in a working condition.
4 infants died in the blaze that broke out in the general and NICU ward of the hospital. There were 40 infants in the ward out of which 36 were rescued, according to fire officials.
Authorities have said that prima facie the fire started because of a short circuit.