Nagpur: Shows a fire incident at the Bhandara District General Hospital where ten newborns killed when “terrible”, the Nagpur bench from the Bombay High Court said it placed a big question mark on the duty of the Maharashtra government to provide health services to the Society.
Although judgment comes early, the government seems to fail to study lessons, as 11 Covid-19 patients died in the same fire incident at the Ahmednagar Government Hospital on Saturday morning.
“The occurrence of places the entire community with shock and requires a comprehensive investigation.
Because the applicant is only in charge of handling relevant time, their custodian interrogation is needed,” Judge Vinay Joshi was held, before rejecting the Anticipatory Guarantee Applicant of two nurses who were charged with allegations of negligence.
A big fire at 2am after midnight in the newborn (SNCU) unit from the hospital on January 9, maybe because of a short circuit, it has sparked massive anger throughout the country with the chairman of Maharashtra Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an investigation.
Applicants – Shubhangi Sathawa and Sunita Masulkar – have approached HC after Bhandara police ordered it under Section 304 read with 34 IPCs for guilty murders.
Indicates that part 304 does not apply to them, they argue that it is not responsible for tragic accidents.
The judge, who had previously provided temporary protection to the two applicants, clarified that it could not be denied, at the relevant time both on duty and entrusted with the work of caring for babies throughout the night.
“CCTV recording revealed that there was a continuous battle for 11 minutes at Ward Outborn.
It is a glass unit, meaning it is so, it is seen from the outside.
It is the main task of the nurse staff to monitor the ward, but not considered, where the facie prime talks about the total non – Their thoughts.
“Moreover, an sweeper in his statement stated that Shubhangi spoke on the cellphone for hours together.
These facts mainly show that even though it was an accidental fire, the applicant failed in their duty to be careful, what they meant, “he said.
Emphasize that there is no opinion that can be formed whether this case is outside the scope of the guilty murder No amount of murder, the judge said there was a prime factie material directly pointing into the part of the two applicants.
“Being a nurse staff on duty, they can easily predict the consequences of their results.
Given this, this is not a suitable case to provide pre-arrest protection.
Therefore, both applications are rejected, “he said.
Bhandara Fire places a big question mark on the government’s duty to provide health care to the poor: HC
