Retired Gujarat HC judge to probe Rajkot hospital fire

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government on Saturday announced that retired Gujarat high court judge KA Punj will probe the fire at

Rajkot's Uday Shivanand hospital

that claimed the lives of five coronavirus patients a day earlier.


Punj is also investigating the fire at Shreya hospital ICU in Ahmedabad , which had left eight corona patients dead in August.

The fire at the ICU in Rajkot hospital was reported around 12.30 am on Friday.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday had ordered an inquiry into the

Rajkot fire

by Additional Chief Secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development Department, AK Rakesh.

--IANS

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