Police extracurricular the NICU ward of the infirmary successful Jhansi. (Express photograph by Vishal Srivastav)
A NEWBORN kid rescued from the neonatal intensive attraction portion (NICU) of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi, which caught occurrence connected Friday night, died during attraction connected Sunday.
Attributing the decease to an illness, the territory administration, however, claimed that the babe was not injured successful the fire. Ten babies were killed successful the Friday incidental portion 39 were rescued. A full of 49 newborns were undergoing attraction successful the NICU ward astatine the time.
The rescued infants were shifted to different ward successful the aesculapian college, the territory hospital, and backstage hospitals. None of the rescued babies sustained injuries successful the fire, officials had claimed connected Saturday. Jhansi District Magistrate Avinash Kumar said, “The rescued newborn died connected Sunday owed to an illness.”
On Sunday afternoon, Kumar on with different officials of the territory medication reached the aesculapian assemblage and met the infirmary unit and families of the rescued newborn undergoing attraction there.
Meanwhile, the territory medication and the infirmary authorities are investigating a assertion by a 36-year-old nonmigratory of Golpura successful Jhansi that his babe went missing aft the infirmary ward occurrence connected Friday night.
Hospital main Dr N.S. Sengar said the samples of the 10 deceased infants person been collected, and records of the rescued babies are being compiled.
A squad has been formed to hole the records, helium added.