Noida: Private hospital sealed after oxygen pipeline explodes twice in 15 hours
Noida (PTI): Authorities have sealed a private hospital here and suspended its licence after its medical oxygen pipeline exploded twice within 15 hours, health department officials said on Monday.
No casualties have been reported in the incident, they said.
All patients were shifted to other hospitals after the second blast at Mark Hospital in Sector 66, which occurred on Monday evening, officials said.
The first explosion took place around noon on Sunday due to a short circuit near the intensive care unit (ICU) on the ground floor of the 49-bed facility located in the Phase 3 area, they added.
After the second blast, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Narendra Kumar, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) Dr. Chandan Soni, Health Department Advisor Shweta Khurana, and other officials reached the spot.
Several patients were transferred to nearby Kailash Hospital and Om Hospital, officials said, adding that a patient remains admitted to the ICU, while two others have been referred to Delhi.
According to officials, information about the remaining patients is being collected.
DCMO Soni said the hospital was sealed and its licence has been suspended due to negligence of the hospital management.
A joint committee has been formed to investigate the incident, he said.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
