Ten new child infants died from burns and suffocation after a hearth swept via a neonatal intensive care unit in northern India, a authorities official stated on Saturday.
The blaze broke out late on Friday on the Maharani Laxmibai Medical School in Jhansi district about 285 km (180 miles) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.
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Emergency responders rescued 38 newborns from the ward, which housed 49 infants on the time of the incident, stated state Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak.
Law enforcement officials study the broken neonatal intensive care unit after a hearth broke out on the Maharani Laxmibai Medical School in Jhansi district, within the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday. (REUTERS/Stringer)
“Seventeen of the injured are receiving therapy in several wings and a few personal hospitals,” Pathak advised reporters in Jhansi. Seven of the deceased infants have been recognized, whereas the authorities are working to determine the remaining three, he stated.
One toddler stays lacking, stated a authorities official who requested to not be recognized as he’s not authorised to talk to media.
The reason for the hearth stays unknown. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences over the “heart-wrenching” incident.
“My deepest condolences to those that misplaced their harmless kids on this,” Modi posted on the X platform. “I pray to God to present them the power to bear this immense loss.”
