After coaching centres, the Fire Services department on Tuesday conducted raids on several private hospitals in the State capital to check what fire safety measures they have put in place.
As per reports, separate teams of Fire Services personnel conducted simultaneous raids on 15 private hospitals, including Apollo Hospitals, Hi-Tech Hospital and Shree Hospital. The officials inspected the fire safety arrangements taken up by the health institutions and lacuna, if any, that need to be addressed on a war footing.
The inspection drive aimed at ensuring compliance to the fire safety norms in the interest of patients, visitors and doctors as well as staffs of the hospitals. Besides, the fire personnel also sensitised staffs, doctors and security personnel of the hospitals on the basic firefighting skills, said Fire Service DG Bijay Kumar Sharma.
“A total of 15 teams conducted the raids to check whether the hospitals are following fire safety norms. The hospitals that have not implemented the safety guidelines will be given a specific timeframe to do the same,” said a fire official.
