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Massive Fire At Kolkata Hospital, Patient Dies In ICU
A massive fire broke out at ESI Hospital in the Sealdah area of Kolkata around 6 in the morning. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot immediately.
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Fire Inside Operation Theatre Of Kolkata's Apollo Hospital, No Injuries
A fire broke out inside the operation theatre of a leading city-based private hospital here on Monday, a fire department official said.
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Fire At Kolkata's SSKM hospital, No Casualties Reported
A fire broke out at SSKM Hospital here this morning creating panic among patients and family members at the main referral hospital of the state.
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4 Years After Kolkata Hospital Fire In Which 90 Died, Charges Framed
More than four years after 90 people died at AMRI hospital in Kolkata, choked to death by fumes from a fire in the basement, charges have been framed against 16 accused. Trial will begin on September 5.
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The AMRI hospital tragedy: one year on
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...
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Fire at Bengal's largest state-run hospital
A fire broke out near the paediatric ward of West Bengal's largest state-run hospital Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) on Saturday night. There was panic but no casualties or injuries, an official said.
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AMRI Hospital fire victims' families receive compensation
The West Bengal government Monday started paying compensation to the family members of the victims of AMRI hospital fire which left 93 people dead. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of Rs 300,000 for the family members of the victims. On Monday, family members of 29 victims were handed over the cheques at the Kolkata Police ...
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Six AMRI directors sent to jail till January 5
A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month, and remanded six of them to judicial custody till January 5 next year.
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AMRI fire: Patient-related services temporarily withdrawn in two wings
Three days after a deadly fire engulfed it killing 91 people, the posh AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria in south Kolkata has temporarily withdrawn patient-related services at two of its wings that continued to function after the tragedy.
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Kolkata's posh Woodlands Hospital shows lapses like AMRI: Fire safety officials
Days after Kolkata helplessly watched its fancy AMRI Hospital go up in smoke, comes the chilling diagnosis that the city's poshest hospital - Woodlands - is also a danger zone. 91 people died at AMRI on Friday, paying the humongous price for a series of lapses by both the hospital and the city's administration which overlooked them.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Man who saved many lives now battling for his own
A young man, who risked his life to rescue a number of patients from the fire-ravaged Annexe-I building of the AMRI hospital on Friday, is now fighting for his own life at a city hospital.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Mamata Banerjee orders judicial inquiry
A day after 91 people were killed in a massive fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Board members sent to police custody till December 20
All the seven board members of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital have been sent to police custody till December 20. The directors - Radhe Shyam Goenka, Prashant Goenka, Manish Goenka, Shrawan Kumar Todi, Ravi Todi, Dayanand Aggarwal and Radhe Shyam Aggarwal - were arrested on Friday for culpable homicide following a deadly fire at the hospital which killed 9...
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Munmun, 36, phoned husband to say she was suffocating
Kolkata fire: Among the tragic stories that are emerging from the fire at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital is that of Munmun's, a 36-year-old wife and mother, who was being treated for a broken ankle.
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Kolkata fire: Family members vandalise AMRI hospital reception
Chaos broke out on the premises of the AMRI Hospital with families of patients vandalising the reception counter aggrieved that no list of the dead and injured was provided. Hundreds of family members of patients smashed glass panes at the reception and threw away hospital registers.
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Massive Fire At Kolkata Hospital, Patient Dies In ICU
A massive fire broke out at ESI Hospital in the Sealdah area of Kolkata around 6 in the morning. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot immediately.
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Fire Inside Operation Theatre Of Kolkata's Apollo Hospital, No Injuries
A fire broke out inside the operation theatre of a leading city-based private hospital here on Monday, a fire department official said.
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Fire At Kolkata's SSKM hospital, No Casualties Reported
A fire broke out at SSKM Hospital here this morning creating panic among patients and family members at the main referral hospital of the state.
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4 Years After Kolkata Hospital Fire In Which 90 Died, Charges Framed
More than four years after 90 people died at AMRI hospital in Kolkata, choked to death by fumes from a fire in the basement, charges have been framed against 16 accused. Trial will begin on September 5.
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The AMRI hospital tragedy: one year on
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...
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Fire at Bengal's largest state-run hospital
A fire broke out near the paediatric ward of West Bengal's largest state-run hospital Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) on Saturday night. There was panic but no casualties or injuries, an official said.
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AMRI Hospital fire victims' families receive compensation
The West Bengal government Monday started paying compensation to the family members of the victims of AMRI hospital fire which left 93 people dead. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of Rs 300,000 for the family members of the victims. On Monday, family members of 29 victims were handed over the cheques at the Kolkata Police ...
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Six AMRI directors sent to jail till January 5
A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month, and remanded six of them to judicial custody till January 5 next year.
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AMRI fire: Patient-related services temporarily withdrawn in two wings
Three days after a deadly fire engulfed it killing 91 people, the posh AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria in south Kolkata has temporarily withdrawn patient-related services at two of its wings that continued to function after the tragedy.
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Kolkata's posh Woodlands Hospital shows lapses like AMRI: Fire safety officials
Days after Kolkata helplessly watched its fancy AMRI Hospital go up in smoke, comes the chilling diagnosis that the city's poshest hospital - Woodlands - is also a danger zone. 91 people died at AMRI on Friday, paying the humongous price for a series of lapses by both the hospital and the city's administration which overlooked them.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Man who saved many lives now battling for his own
A young man, who risked his life to rescue a number of patients from the fire-ravaged Annexe-I building of the AMRI hospital on Friday, is now fighting for his own life at a city hospital.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Mamata Banerjee orders judicial inquiry
A day after 91 people were killed in a massive fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.
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Kolkata hospital fire: Board members sent to police custody till December 20
All the seven board members of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital have been sent to police custody till December 20. The directors - Radhe Shyam Goenka, Prashant Goenka, Manish Goenka, Shrawan Kumar Todi, Ravi Todi, Dayanand Aggarwal and Radhe Shyam Aggarwal - were arrested on Friday for culpable homicide following a deadly fire at the hospital which killed 9...
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Munmun, 36, phoned husband to say she was suffocating
Kolkata fire: Among the tragic stories that are emerging from the fire at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital is that of Munmun's, a 36-year-old wife and mother, who was being treated for a broken ankle.
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Kolkata fire: Family members vandalise AMRI hospital reception
Chaos broke out on the premises of the AMRI Hospital with families of patients vandalising the reception counter aggrieved that no list of the dead and injured was provided. Hundreds of family members of patients smashed glass panes at the reception and threw away hospital registers.
