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Amravati NICU Fire Kills Three Newborns, Father Finds Son Dead
A fire started in a hospital room for very sick newborn babies.
The fire happened around 3:30 in the morning after a ventilator caught fire.
Three babies died.
One of them was the premature son of Swapnil Barge.
Barge had been very happy because he had just become a father.
After the fire started, he could not find his wife or baby.
He searched the hospital while firefighters responded.
At about 7:30 a.m., he was told that his son had died.
Three newborns died after a fire broke out in the NICU of Amravati’s Government Women’s Hospital.
The fire began around 3:30 a.m. after a ventilator caught fire, according to the report.
Swapnil Barge’s premature, underweight son was among the infants who died.
Barge searched the hospital for his wife and baby after hearing cries and seeing panic spread.
He learned around 7:30 a.m. that his day-old son had died.
- Who
- Three newborns died, including the premature son of Swapnil Barge.
- What
- A fire in a neonatal intensive care unit killed three infants.
- Where
- The Government Women’s Hospital, also identified as the District Women’s Hospital, in Amravati, Maharashtra.
- When
- The fire occurred around 3:30 a.m.; Barge learned of his son’s death around 7:30 a.m. on Monday.
- Why
- The report says a ventilator caught fire in the NICU.
Key facts
- Deaths
- Three newborns died.
- Location
- Government Women’s Hospital, Amravati, Maharashtra.
- Unit affected
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Reported cause
- A ventilator caught fire.
- Fire time
- Around 3:30 a.m.
- Family notified
- Swapnil Barge learned his son had died around 7:30 a.m.
- Infant’s condition
- Barge’s son was premature and underweight.
Quotes
Swapnil Barge
A new father and resident of Pulgaon village whose premature newborn died in the NICU fire.
“Around 3.30 am, I was standing at the hospital gate with a friend when I heard a woman shouting, but we were not told anything. Then there was an uproar, and the fire brigade came. I kept looking for my baby and wife, searched a lot but couldn’t find him.”
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“I kept looking for my baby and my wife. I searched a lot but couldn’t find my son after the fire and came to know in the morning that he had died.”
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