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Odisha hospital fire: Health, petroleum ministers to take stock of situation

Union health minister J P Nadda and petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday to take stock of the fire tragedy at SUM hospital that has claimed 19 lives.

Published on: Oct 19, 2016, 10:40:50 IST
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Union health minister J P Nadda and petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday to take stock of the fire tragedy at SUM hospital that has claimed 19 lives.

Odisha chief ministerNaveen Patnaik visits the patients of SUM Hospital where a fire broke out, admitted at AIIMS in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. (PTI)
Odisha chief ministerNaveen Patnaik visits the patients of SUM Hospital where a fire broke out, admitted at AIIMS in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. (PTI)

Nadda is scheduled to visit the AIIMS to oversee the treatment of the injured and will hold a review meeting with the central and state government officers and AIIMS authorities.

On the basis of the preliminary fact-finding report, Odisha government had on Tuesday filed two criminal cases alleging negligence in conduct and safety against the hospital and initiated administrative inquiries into the mishap.

The Bhubaneswar Commissionerate police have arrested four hospital staff on charges of negligence in conduct and safety.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission has also registered a suo motu case over the fire accident and served notices to the state Health Secretary and Director General (Fire Services) to submit a report within three weeks.

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