Jhansi Hospital Fire Kills 10 Newborns: Prime Minister Condoles the Loss of Lives in Fire Accident
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in the Jhansi Medical college in Uttar Pradesh. He assured that under the state government’s supervision, the local administration is engaged in helping the victims in every possible way.
10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children’s ward of the medical college in Jhansi district, officials said, as 16 others injured battled for life on Saturday.
District Magistrate (DM) Avinash Kumar told reporters that the fire broke out around 10.45 pm on Friday in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College possibly due to an electrical short circuit.
“Heartbreaking! The fire accident at Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh is heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences to those who lost their innocent children in this. I pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense loss,” Modi was quoted as saying in a post in Hindi on X by the Prime Minister’s Office.
In a post on X, he wrote:
“हृदयविदारक! उत्तर प्रदेश में झांसी के मेडिकल कॉलेज में आग लगने से हुआ हादसा मन को व्यथित करने वाला है। इसमें जिन्होंने अपने मासूम बच्चों को खो दिया है, उनके प्रति मेरी गहरी शोक-संवेदनाएं। ईश्वर से प्रार्थना है कि उन्हें इस अपार दुख को सहने की शक्ति प्रदान करे। राज्य सरकार की देखरेख में स्थानीय प्रशासन राहत और बचाव के हरसंभव प्रयास में जुटा है: PM @narendramodi”
“The local administration, under the supervision of the state government, is making every possible effort for relief and rescue,” he said.
Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the fire mishap in Jhansi Medical College, UP. He added that the injured would be given Rs. 50,000.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) posted on X:
“PM @narendramodi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the mishap in the fire accident at Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000.”
“The local administration, under the supervision of the state government, is making every possible effort for relief and rescue,” he said.
The children, who were in the outer part of the NICU, were rescued along with some of those who were in the interior part.
“Prima facie there is information of the death of 10 children,” the DM said.
Those less critical are admitted in the outer section of the NICU while the more critical patients are kept in the interior part, Kumar said.
