After serving several notices to hospitals, the fire department swung into action on Saturday and Sunday and sealed 18 hospitals and two commercial complexes in the city.

Fire officials said that those hospitals which did not have any fire-fighting equipment and systems were served notices to install them and obtain no-objection certificates. However, 18 hospitals which kept ignoring the notices and did not install any system were sealed keeping in mind the safety of patients and staff, fire officials said.

The hospitals which were sealed are in Yogi Chowk, Godadara, Limbayat, Parvat Patiya, Variyavi Bazaar, Makkaipul, Lal Darwaja, Rampura, Aai Mata Road, Bamroli Road and Pandesara. One of these hospitals in Central zone was sealed for the second time for flouting the stipulated norms. Along with the hospitals, two commercial complexes in Rander and Katargam having 100 shops, were also sealed.

“Some of these hospitals had patients so leaving those rooms, all other areas of the hospitals were sealed off. We will give them a time of 15 to 20 days to install all system and equipment,” said in-charge chief fire officer B K Pareek.

Meanwhile, an emergency mock drill was conducted at Burhani Hospital in Mahidharpura on Sunday morning to train the hospital staff and check the hospital’s preparedness.

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