9 December 2011

88 patients in Kolkata's well known AMRI hospital were killed along with three staffers

More than 88 patients in Kolkata's well known AMRI hospital were killed along with three staffers when a blaze started in the basement of the annexe building early Friday and toxic fumes quickly spread to the other floors, trapping hundreds of people. Updates:

Six AMRI directors arrested, hospital licence cancelled

Noted industrialists S.K. Todi and R.S. Goenka and four other directors of the city's AMRI hospital, where a fire broke out claiming 88 lives Friday, were arrested and booked for several non-bailable offences, police said. The hospital's licence was also cancelled, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.

'Six directors of the AMRI hospital have been arrested today in connection with the fire tragedy. Those arrested include S.K. Todi, R.S. Goenka and Ravi Todi. They have been bookes for several non-bailable offences, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder,' Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Damayanti Sen.
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1 comments:

Neha Sharma said...

Govt should make an tough law and enforce on setting up nursing home/pvt hospital. We need pvt hospital but also need to follow some guide lines. We have issues of implmentation the laws. More over this also can be over come by improving our heath care system in village/towns.

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