The fire has killed four newborns at an Indian hospital, and rescued 36 others New Health

An interrogation has been ordered after a fire was searched in the neonatal care unit of a state government hospital in Madhya Pradesh.

A fire has been a neonatal care unit at a hospital in central India, killing four children, officials say, the latest in dozens of hospital fires in the country this year.

An investigation into the fire at Kamla Nehru Children’s Hospital in Bhopal on Monday night was ordered, according to Shivraj Singh Chauhan Madhya Pradesh state chief minister.

“Excessive output [death] the pain of the world’s children is unbearable, ”Chauhan said on Twitter, offering condolences to the affected families.

He announced compensation of Rs 400,000 ($ 5,400) for the family of the victims.

There were a total of 40 children in the unit, 36 of whom were rescued – most of them underweight – according to Medical Education Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang.

“They’re treating other kids,” Sarang said later on Twitter.

While the inquiry is still ongoing, authorities told the Indian Press Trust of India news agency that a short circuit could have caused the fire.

In local news outlets, angry parents appeared on the premises protesting at the premises, claiming that the hospital staff had run away instead of saving the children.

Building fires are not uncommon in India, where poor maintenance and inadequate firefighting equipment often result in deaths.

Hospital fires have killed at least 70 people in India this year, including Last weekend 11 In a COVID-19 care unit at a hospital in Maharashtra, in a state near Madhya Pradesh.