Nurses booked for negligence in Bhandara hospital fire case

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An FIR has been registered against 2 nurses in the Bhandara district hospital fire that killed 10 infants, said Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Hemant Nagrale on Thursday. The FIR has been registered in Bhandara Police Station under section 304 (II - act is done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, etc.)

Nurses Shubhangi Sathavane and Smita Ambildhuke have been booked for criminal negligence on their part after an investigation of accidental death.

Earlier, a panel had submitted a report on the incident. On the basis of that, Bhandara district surgeon Dr Pramod Khandate was suspended and additional district surgeon Dr Sunila Bade was transferred.

As many as 10 newborn children had died in a fire that broke in the Sick Newborn Care Unit at Bhandara General Hospital on January 9, officials said.