A devastating fire broke out in Jhansi's Maharani Laxmibai Medical College NICU, killing 10 newborns and injuring 17 others. The incident occurred due to an electrical short-circuit in an overcrowded ward housing 49 children despite an 18-bed capacity. The UP government ordered investigations and announced compensation for affected families. PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences, with the administration working on relief and rescue operations.
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03:00My child was an Indian and he was one month old.
03:29Then?
03:30Then he had an operation. He had water in his head.
03:33Yesterday he had an operation.
03:35So they took him from there to there.
03:38Then at 10 in the night, there was a fire.
03:40So we went to get him.
03:42So they drove us away from there.
03:44Then we didn't find the child.
03:46We searched for a long time.
03:47Then we found out.
03:49So we went to see.
03:50The child was burnt.
03:52You didn't find the child?
03:54No.
03:55So did you recognize the child?
03:57No, we didn't go to see.
03:59You didn't see the child?
04:00No, my husband went to see.
04:01So you didn't find the child?
04:03We found him, but my husband went to see.
04:06So he was saying that the child was burnt.
04:09In February, there was a fire safety audit.
04:16We did an audit with the fire department.
04:22In June, we did a mark drill.
04:25The mark drill is done on the orders of the government.
04:30But why did this incident happen?
04:32How did it happen?
04:33We will be able to say after the complete audit report.
04:35Sir, in the ward of Athanabad.
04:37The current situation.
04:38I request you.
04:40The current situation.
04:4217 children are with us in our hospital.
04:474 have been taken to private hospitals.
04:503 have been taken to maternity hospitals.
04:531 has been taken to Lalitpur.
04:551 has been taken to Mauranipur.
04:576 are here with their mothers.
05:00And 10 children.
05:027 bodies have been identified.
05:093 are not being identified.
05:11We are trying to contact their relatives and identify them.
05:15But we have not been able to contact 6 people.
05:18Their mobile number is switched off.
05:21We are trying to contact their address.
05:26We are trying to find out where those children are.
05:29Why were there more than 50 children in the ward of Kharapet?
05:32We will help them financially.
05:34The entire government is with them.
05:36In every situation, we are with the people.
05:39Will you do a DNA test?
05:41The children who are unidentified.
05:43If their identification cannot be done in time, then we will do a DNA test.
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