Ten newborns die in a hospital fire in India

At least ten newborns have died following a fire which developed in the neonatal ward of a hospital in the Indian city of Jhansi. An official government source made this known. «Ten newborns have unfortunately died – said the deputy minister of Uttar Pradesh Brajesh Pathak -. Seven bodies have been identified, three others have not yet.” The fire broke out in the university hospital of Jhansi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, about 450 kilometers south of New Delhi. Videos broadcast on television show charred beds and walls inside the ward, and a crowd of families in difficulty waiting outside the facility. According to the Indian newspaper Times Now, another 16 newborns are in critical condition. Ndtv explained that at the time of the fire there were 54 children in the neonatal intensive care unit.