2 More Babies Die, Deaths In UP Hospital Fire Rises To 17

As many as 39 newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit in Jhansi on the night of November 15.

Two more infants rescued from a fire that ripped through the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College here have died, taking the total toll in the fire to 17, a senior official said on Sunday.

Thirty-nine newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the medical college hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on the night of November 15.

Dr Narendra Singh Sengar, the medical college's principal, told PTI that of the 39 infants rescued, two more died on Saturday.