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At least ten newborns were killed in a fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Jhansi, northern India, a local government official said on Saturday. Sixteen other children are in critical condition, according to the Times Now newspaper.
The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Friday in the Maharani Lakshmibai University Hospital in the state of Uttar Pradesh. “Seven bodies have been identified. Three bodies have not yet been identified,” declared the state’s number two, Brajesh Pathak.
NDTV reported that 54 children were in the neonatal intensive care unit when the fire broke out.
These deaths are “heartbreaking,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on the social network “My deepest condolences to those who lost their innocent children in this matter. I pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense loss,” he added.
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