'Deeply saddened': President Kovind on death of infants in Maharashtra hospital fire
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said he was deeply saddened by the death of infants in a fire incident at a government hospital in Maharashtra and conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the affected families.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-01-09 05:54 GMT
New Delhi
Ten babies, aged between one month and three months, died after a fire broke out in the special newborn care unit of the hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandra district in the early hours on Saturday, doctors said.
''I am deeply saddened by the untimely death of infants in a fire accident in Bhandara, Maharashtra. My heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their children in this heart-wrenching event,'' Kovind said in a tweet in Hindi.
Taking a strong note of the shocking incident, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an investigation into the cause of the fire.
The cause of the fire in the four-storeyed building is yet to be ascertained but could have been the result of an electrical short circuit, District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said.
The cause of the fire in the four-storeyed building is yet to be ascertained but could have been the result of an electrical short circuit, District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said.
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