Taking to social media X, Scindia wrote in a post that he gave instructions to the district administration and hospital management to investigate the incident.
Following the fire, around 150 patients from the entire hospital, including those from the maternity ward, were transferred to the Super Specialty Hospital.
The fire, which broke out at a private hospital in the Gandhi Nagar area near the Dindigul-Trichy highway, claimed the lives of six people and left over 20 people injured.
The Union Health Secretary has written to all Chief Secretaries of states and union territories, urging them to review and strengthen capacities for prevention, preparedness and mitigation against fire accidents in all health facilities.
Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad alleged that the hospital fire in Jhansi that claimed the lives of 10 newborns was a result of the state government's incompetency.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday formed a high-level committee to probe the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College fire tragedy in which 10 infants died in Jhansi.
10 newborns lost their lives in the fire, which is believed to have started due to a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator, and spread rapidly due to the highly oxygenated environment in the NICU.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned the Jhansi Medical College blaze that claimed the lives of 10 newborns and demanded an immediate action to prevent such horrific accidents in the future.
10 newborns lost their lives in the fire, which is believed to have started due to a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator, and spread rapidly due to the highly oxygenated environment in the NICU.
Taking to social media X, Kejriwal wrote in a post "The incident of the tragic death of 10 newborn babies due to fire in Jhansi Medical College is very painful. The whole country stands with the bereaved families in this difficult time."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the fire incident at the Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, calling it "heart-wrenching," and offered condolences to the bereaved families of the ten children who lost their lives in the incident.