BMC directs fire brigade to carry out audit across civic-run hospitals
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked the Mumbai Fire Brigade to carry out a fire audit at various civic-run hospitals across the city
The directions of the fire audit have been given in wake of the fire incident in ESIC Hospital at Andheri in December last year The fire audit will cover all the civic-run hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and health centres 28 nursing homes, 16 peripheral hospitals, 175 dispensaries and, 208 health centres will be covered in […]
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