Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 15: Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, Vivek Bharadwaj today chaired an officers’ meeting to discuss preparedness regarding fire safety in health institutions of Jammu and Kashmir besides deliberating on audit report received from the Home Department, J&K.
Director General Prisons Department, Fire Services and Home Guards, B Srinivas besides other concerned officers were present in the meeting.
The meeting had detailed discussion regarding preparedness for fire safety in all the hospitals, medical colleges and nursing homes having neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care and special neonatal besides other neonatal facilities for children in light of directions of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCECR). Besides, deliberations were also held on identification of gaps in the existing system besides implementation of Fire Safety Audit report.
ACS asked the hospital and nursing homes to implement the guidelines issued from time to time by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Director General of Fire Services, Command Development and Home Guards to prevent fire incidents. He said that No Objection Certificates need to be issued to the hospitals and nursing homes only after the Fire Safety Recommendations are fulfilled by the respective institutions.
It was decided in the meeting that short term awareness and training programmes shall be organized in coordination with the Fire Services Department besides conducting mock drills.
Srinivas advised all the health institutions to ensure strict adherence to all necessary measures including installation of Fire Alarm Systems, Smoke Detectors and check on any leakage of oxygen supply to oxygen beds besides implementing other preventive measure to avoid any mishap.
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