Hospital to get notice for absence of fire-fighting system

Vadodara: The Vadodara Fire and Emergency Services will issue a notice to the administration of Faith Hospital on Thursday in connection with the fire that had broken out on the terrace of the hospital on Tuesday evening.
Fire officials said that the hospital will be questioned over the absence of fire bowsers, smoke detectors and other fire-fighting services even as it had facility for in-house patients among others. Although it had portable fire extinguishers, it endangered the lives of patients, their relatives and its own staff as it did not have automatic fire-fighting system.
While the hospital will be slapped with the notice on Thursday, its administration showed readiness on Wednesday to install the fire bowsers and smoke detectors. “They informed us that the systems will be installed as soon as possible, yet we will be giving them the notice,” said in-charge chief fire officer Deepak Gunjal. The hospital will remain out of operations until the systems will be installed.
The fire that broke out late on Tuesday evening had created panic among the patients and their relatives until they were rescued. The blaze began on the terrace probably due to short-circuit in the solar panel or because of cooking on the terrace.