Maha: Govt to allocate Rs 200 crore for fire safety compliance in over 500 hospitals

Following that, multiple incidents were reported in Mumbai. The last reported incident took place on November 6 during which a fire broke out at the ICU of Ahmednagar Civil Hospital that led to the death of 14 Covid patients. 

As per the preliminary investigation, many of the Covid care centres and hospitals did not have adequate fire-fighting equipment. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray April had directed all the districts to conduct a fire audit across the hospitals to gauge the violations of fire safety rules. 

During the last three months, around 511 tertiary-care and peripheral hospitals other than primary health centres were audited by the state for implementing the fire safety rules. The inspection was conducted under the PWD department. 

Ramaswamy told the Indian Express, "The fire safety gaps have been analysed for total compliance. The work has been initiated for the implementation of the suggestions," adding, "Along with medical colleges and tertiary-level hospitals, we have also audited primary health care centres."

The Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about the incidents of the fire outbreak. The team had last reported about Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope's announcement which had observed that the state government would allocate funds for fire safety audits in all district hospitals and also work towards creating a post of 'fire safety officer' in each of these facilities a day after the massive blaze in the ICU of Ahmednagar civil hospital. 

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