5 newborns killed in india hospital fire
In northern India, five newborns less than a week old were killed and another was injured due to a fire caused by a short circuit in the hospital maternity ward where they were being treated for jaundice.
The fire started before dawn.
Police Pritpal Singh said operating the Rajendra Hospital in the city of pattiara was apparently treating them in a machine by exposing jaundiced babies to special light
Five other newborns were rescued, including one with burns.
All babies are less than a week old and are treated under a physiotherapy machine.
Surinder Singh, director of the hospital, told local television: \"The tube of the machine is short-circuited . \".
\"The staff responded immediately, but unfortunately five babies were not rescued. \"(AP Photo )(
Surjan Singh carried the body of his newborn grandson in the state.
On Saturday, January, Rajendra Hospital, Pattaya, India. 31, 2009. )
Television footage showed several crying relatives outside the hospital, including some mothers in nearby rooms when the fire broke out.
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Chief Minister of Punjab, pakash Singh Badar, said that an investigation has been ordered into the incident and the families of the victims will receive compensation of Rs 100,000 ($2,040).
The children apparently died from burns and smoke inhalation, police said, but the exact cause of the death would not be known until the body was examined.
Pattiara is about 30 miles south of Chandigarh, capital of Punjab in northern India.