Nursery fire plea: Services Hospital MS asked to respond

petitioner submitted that this had been the third recent fire at the public hospital.


Our Correspondent June 19, 2012

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought replies from the health secretary and the medical superintendent of Services Hospital on a petition questioning safety measures at the hospital after a fire in the nursery ward.

The petitioner submitted that this had been the third recent fire at the public hospital. He said the authorities had not learned any lesson from the unfortunate incident as no new protective measures hadpetitioner submitted that this had been the third recent fire at the public hospital. been taken since the fire. Moreover, he said, the authorities had not taken action against the officials responsible for the fire, which killed at least 10 newborns. He asked the court to instruct the respondents to take new safety measures and to punish the officials responsible. Justice Muhammad Khalid Mahmood Khan sought replies from the respondents within ten days.

Published In The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2012.

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