The New Indian Express ·
Nine newborns evacuated after fire breaks out in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar hospital NICU
Nine newborns were evacuated from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a private hospital in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday, officials and the hospital administration said.
The incident took place at Asian Hospital on Jalna Road in the Marathwada city. The nine babies, who were undergoing intensive or specialised treatment, were in the NICU when hospital staff noticed smoke emerging from an air-conditioning unit, said Dr Shoeb Hashmi, who runs the hospital.
“It was a small incident, and nothing untoward happened. As a precaution, our team evacuated the infants along with the patients in the neighbouring general ward,” he said. The patients from the general ward were later brought back, he added.
