Doctors Suspended After Jabalpur Fire Asked To Inspect 9 More Hospitals

In March, the three doctors had inspected the New Life Multispecialty Hospital in Jabalpur's Damoh, where a fire less than six months later cost eight lives.

Three doctors working with the state government and suspended for lapses in inspection of a private hospital in Jabalpur district, were later tasked with inspecting nine other hospitals in the same city.In March, the three had inspected the New Life Multispecialty Hospital in Jabalpur's Damoh, where a fire less than six months later cost eight lives.

A fire had broken out at the hospital on August 1, in which patients, attendants and staff were burnt alive. Eighteen people got injured.  

In their inspection report of March, Dr Nishedh Chaudhary, Dr LN Patel (anesthesiologists at Jabalpur District Hospital) and Dr Kamlesh Verma (Pediatrician at Jabalpur District Hospital) had found no shortcomings. They had even okayed a non-existent blood bank.

Investigations after the fire revealed that the provisional fire safety No Objection Certificate of the hospital had expired on March 2 -- days before the inspection.