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Ageing Karachi hospitals face serious fire safety risks amid gaps
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Karachi's public healthcare network continues to function inside decades-old structures, where fragile electrical wiring and the absence of organised fire response systems threaten the lives of patients and medical workers.
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Centre issues advisory to states, UTs on measures to prevent hospital fire
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Union Health Ministry and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) have issued a joint advisory to all states and Union Territories underscoring the importance of proactive measures in preventing hospital fires as temperatures escalate during the summer months.
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Fire Safety experts discuss ways of 'Building a Fire Safe India'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) reports maintained by National Crime Records Bureau shows that fire accidents in India have, on average, killed 35 people a day in the five years between 2016 and 2020. Even though accidental fires
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