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‘Hospital staff not to blame for incubator death’

The superintendent of the hospital here where a three-day-old infant died in an incubator fire said on Friday there was “no negligence” on the part of the medical staff.

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AHMEDABAD: The superintendent of the hospital here where a three-day-old infant died in an incubator fire said on Friday there was “no negligence” on the part of the medical staff.

The Gujarat government has ordered a probe into the death at Shardaben Municipal Hospital.

The infant was charred to death early on Wednesday when the incubator caught fire.
Hospital superintendent Nimish Pandya said that neither was the machine poorly maintained nor was there any negligence on the part of the medical staff.

“The machines were working perfectly till 4 am on that fateful morning when fire broke out in the incubator between 4 am and 4.15 am,” Pandya said.

Shortly before the fire broke out, the baby was fed with a spoon and then placed inside, he said. “These machines have nothing else but a tube light that would cause worry.

Premature newborn babies are placed in incubators to generate sufficient heat to maintain their normal body temperature. Maybe it could have been sudden excess voltage flow into the tube light that caused the fire. This would be known only after an inquiry,” Pandya said.

He added that although the machine was locally made, it met international specifications and standards. The state government had, on the day of the tragedy, instructed the health commissioner to conduct an in-depth inquiry.
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