Srinagar March 05:(KNS) Former minister and senior vice President Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Abdul Gani Vakil today asked the government to take all immediate steps to protect the hospitals and make them fireproof.
In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Vakil while expressing concern over the safety of hospitals saying major healthcare buildings were unprotected from fire and the government must take concrete steps to make such buildings fireproof.
Vakil said the fire incident at Barzulla bone and joints hospital once again reflects that our hospital buildings are not safe for the patients, staff and the attendants.
Vakil demanded an enquiry to know the reason behind them. "Sometimes these incidents can prove catastrophic if left unattended. Incidents like these not only warrant an official inquiry to know the cause of fire, but should also act as an eye opener for the government to take immediate steps to make the hospital buildings fireproof," he said.
He said there was an urgency to install internal fire safety mechanisms in all the hospital buildings which do not have any such facility.
"Similarly, the age old electric wiring in these hospitals needs to be replaced, besides measures be taken immediately to rectify the loopholes," he said.(KNS)