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The aim of the study was to explore re incidences and re safety lacunae in Indian hospitals and recommend ways to improve it. Data from archive media of NDTV news, Indian Express, India Today, The New Indian Express, and Sakal e-paper available from July 2010 till April 2021 was analysed. Total 60 hospital re incidences from 16 states of India were covered. Ownership of the hospital, departments affected, time, month and cause of the re incidences, number of deaths and injuries, and lacunae in the re safety measures in Indian hospitals have been reported in this paper. Fire in the hospital not only leads to loss of human life but great economic loss. Although we may argue, we have plenty of lessons learned from the hospital re incidences in the past; the fact is that we are far away from properly applying those lessons to disaster response and recov'not;ery operations. All the Indian hospitals must adhere to Fire and Life Safety guidelines given by National Building Code of India, National Electrical Code standards and National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare
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For a long time, healthcare service providers have depended principally on human resources playing out their role accurately to shield patients from unintended negative effects. Many years of research, has demonstrated that most mishaps are brought about by able yet questionable individuals working in useless frameworks. Healthcare associations are presently obtaining systems from different enterprises and utilizing frameworks in order to deal with and enhance the efficiency of the health care services. India to a large extent has been able to incorporate Quality Management tools in its Healthcare sector. This has helped India to attain competitive advantage over other Nations by providing Quality Services at an affordable price with continuous improvement of their Service quality.
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Questionaire survey of fire safety systems was conducted in 230 doctors, nurses and employees working in various buildings in Siriraj Hospital and Mahidol University Administrative Office. The result revealed that most of the buildings were well equiped with basic fire fighting equipments, emergency light and emergency fire exits as required by laws but lack of proper maintenance resulting in malfunction, breakage or wreckage or stolen. Many fire exits were locked or blocked. Fire drill has not been practiced for more than 10 years. This hazardous situation need serious attention and immediate corrective action to prevent disaster and loss of human life and property.
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Oxygen is used broadly in different levels of hospital in the whole country. The method of oxygen supply system changes from bottled, liquid to machine-made. The theories of these methods are introduced, and the danger of conflagration among these methods are especially analyzed and compared. To ensure the fire control, precautions are established so as to serve hospital better.