Jhansi Medical College Fire: Supreme Court Advocate Calls for Time-Bound Probe

Jhansi: Days after the devastating blaze in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, which claimed the lives of 17 infants, Supreme Court advocate Amit Dwivedi has written to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, calling for a time-bound inquiry into the incident. 

According to a PTI report, in the letter to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Sunday, Dwivedi -- who hails from the Bundelkhand region -- sought the constitution of a panel headed by a retired Supreme Court judge "to conduct a time-bound inquiry into the fire incident in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) of the government-run hospital which resulted in the deaths of 15 infants".

Thirty-nine newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the neonatal intensive care unit of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi on the night of November 15.

While 10 babies died on the night of the fire, seven more succumbed later.

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The letter highlighted reports of severe negligence, including the alleged absence of functioning fire extinguishers in the ward.