Hyderabad: Prime authorities hospitals within the metropolis, together with Osmania Basic Hospital and MNJ Most cancers Hospital, which have hundreds of in-patients and out-patients each day, aside from their attendants and hospital employees, will not be protected in case of fireside accidents.
The Comptroller and Auditor Basic’s report tabled within the Meeting on Friday acknowledged that these hospitals talked about above together with Niloufer Hospital and King Koti District Hospital had not obtained a ‘no objection certificates’ from the competent hearth authorities.
MNJ Most cancers Hospital and the Golconda space hospital had been discovered to be not having any firefighting tools.
Fireplace accidents in any hospital will be harmful because it includes the complexity of evacuating sufferers who’re oftentimes motionless. The BRS authorities’s position in these obtrusive lapses is startling.
The Nationwide Constructing Code of India mandates hearth extinguishers in each hospital to make sure the protection of sufferers, attendants, guests and hospital employees. Additional, as per the rules of the Indian Public Well being Requirements 2012, ‘No Objection Certificates’ must be obtained from the competent hearth authority to guard the sufferers, attendants, medical doctors and different employees and the properties of the hospital from any hearth incidents.
