Amri Tragedy

It's an anniversary no one wants to observe. But there is no escaping the memories of December 9, 2011 when 93 patients at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata were virtually gassed to death in their hospital beds. A fire in the basement sent noxious smoke surging through the air conditioning ducts. The building was centrally air conditioned and ther...

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director SK Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December.

Police today submitted the chargesheet under various penal laws, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against 16 people, accused of involvement in the AMRI Hospital fire tragedy which claimed 94 lives last year.

Two months ago, at around exactly this time, thick smoke had engulfed the Amri hospital in Kolkata; smoke that at the end of the day had killed 92 people and left their families bereaved and the entire nation shocked. The grieving families of the dead have now come together and formed the Human Health Right Forum to get justice for their loved ones...

Two top Kolkata doctors have been arrested in connection with the fire tragedy at the AMRI hospital in the city. A pre-dawn blaze at the hospital on December 9 last year had left over 90 people dead. Most of them were patients who choked to death due to toxic smoke.

Fortis rival Apollo Hospitals group concentrated on expanding capacity during the year and said it would add 500 beds by the end of this fiscal, taking the total strength to over 9,000 beds.

Even as Visakhapatnam has emerged as the health hub of the north coastal Andhra and neighbouring Odisha and Chhattisgarh, fire safety arrangements continue to be poor at a majority of the hospitals in the city, ringing alarm bells for the patients and their families.

The devastating fire at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital early Friday morning was one of the worst tragedies to have hit the city in recent times. But in those dark hours, there were a few heroes who gave a new lease of life to many people.

In a welcome surprise, industrialist Ratan Tata seems to have left behind his Singur face-off with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by backing her in wake of the fire tragedy at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital.

It's an anniversary no one wants to observe. But there is no escaping the memories of December 9, 2011 when 93 patients at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata were virtually gassed to death in their hospital beds. A fire in the basement sent noxious smoke surging through the air conditioning ducts. The building was centrally air conditioned and ther...

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director SK Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December.

Police today submitted the chargesheet under various penal laws, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against 16 people, accused of involvement in the AMRI Hospital fire tragedy which claimed 94 lives last year.

Two months ago, at around exactly this time, thick smoke had engulfed the Amri hospital in Kolkata; smoke that at the end of the day had killed 92 people and left their families bereaved and the entire nation shocked. The grieving families of the dead have now come together and formed the Human Health Right Forum to get justice for their loved ones...

Two top Kolkata doctors have been arrested in connection with the fire tragedy at the AMRI hospital in the city. A pre-dawn blaze at the hospital on December 9 last year had left over 90 people dead. Most of them were patients who choked to death due to toxic smoke.

Fortis rival Apollo Hospitals group concentrated on expanding capacity during the year and said it would add 500 beds by the end of this fiscal, taking the total strength to over 9,000 beds.

Even as Visakhapatnam has emerged as the health hub of the north coastal Andhra and neighbouring Odisha and Chhattisgarh, fire safety arrangements continue to be poor at a majority of the hospitals in the city, ringing alarm bells for the patients and their families.

The devastating fire at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital early Friday morning was one of the worst tragedies to have hit the city in recent times. But in those dark hours, there were a few heroes who gave a new lease of life to many people.

In a welcome surprise, industrialist Ratan Tata seems to have left behind his Singur face-off with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by backing her in wake of the fire tragedy at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital.