Supreme Court advocate Amit Dwivedi has written to the chief justice of India, seeking a time-bound inquiry into a blaze in the neonatal intensive care unit of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh that killed 17 infants. In the letter to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Sunday (Nov 24), Dwivedi — who hails from the Bundelkhand region — sought the constitution of a panel headed by a retired Supreme Court judge “to conduct a time-bound inquiry into the fire incident in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) of the government-run hospital… which resulted in the deaths of 15 infants”.
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The court denied bail to Dr. Akash, an Ayurvedic doctor involved in the Vivek Vihar Hospital fire. Dr. Akash was criticized for claiming the infants died from suffocation rather than the fire. The court highlighted his questionable presence in the critical NICU area and his delay in seeking help during the fire. Dr. Akash’s bail request was rejected due to concerns of fleeing and influencing witnesses.
