Toll in Telangana newborns unit fire climbs to 5 as 2 infants die

Telangana RIMS hospital fire: Death toll rises to 5 after 2 more premature infants die

HYDERABAD: The death toll in the RIMS Adilabad fire rose to five after two more premature infants died while undergoing treatment at private hospitals.

Telangana: Death toll rises to five in Adilabad RIMS fire

Hyderabad: The death toll in the Adilabad Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) fire has risen to five, with the death of two more infants on Tuesday night, September 22. The two infants were premature babies born between 26 and 28 weeks of pregnancy, Adilabad District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) Sadhana told The … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on What…

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By the time fire tenders reached the spot, the duty doctors along with attendants and nurses had removed most of the newborns from the SNCU.

Toll in Telangana newborns unit fire climbs to 5 as 2 infants die

 A five-day old female infant died when she was being shifted to a hospital in Nirmal, while another two-weeks-old baby breathed her last during treatment.

Telangana hospital fire: Death toll rises to five

Preliminary inquiries revealed that an electrical short circuit caused a fire in the AC unit and the burning of plastic components associated with the AC led to the spread of thick smoke.