The Fire & The Sacrifice

FIRE

 City of joy is crying due to a very unfortunate incident of the fire at a super specialty hospital  named "Advance Medical Research Institute (AMRI)". The incident brought back the nasty memories of "Uphar Cinema" tragedy, happened few years back at Delhi.  It is very hard to believe that super specialty hospital was not having fire safety and fire fighting mechanism.The fire was reported to have started at around 3.30 AM on the fatal day and it is very sad and outrageous to know that 1) fire fighting activity started around 6.00 AM. here , 2)The Security staff not allowed local residents residing nearby to fight the fire at initial stages , and 3) The hospital staff abandoned the helpless patients to choke to death !! The disaster management was such that that there was no helpline started to inform the relatives of patients about the current situation . The helpline was started after the CM came to the scene and that to after her order !!!! As is the case with every accident , the Govt has declared some compensation , a judicial enquirey . Well the law will take its own course and will punish the guilty but those unfortunate souls who died will never come back.It will be a real tribute to them if we learn from this tragedy. The government machinery needs to fire audit the projects.It needs to inspect various projects (schools , residential colonies / complex , malls , markets , offices , hospitals etc ) and do not stop at inspection only,rather it should make sure that the norms are complied with . 

THE SACRIFICE
              
                      Sometimes the very harsh and tough situations yields courage out of you. This was true about the two nurses (SISTER in true sense) from Kerala working at AMRI .The stain of abandoning the helpless patients to choke to death, put by the staff (of AMRI ) on a medical profession and humanity is somewhat washed by the brave act and supreme sacrifice of these two nurses P.K. Vineetha and Remya Rajan.They were posted at the female general ward which was housing nine patients.Remya Ranjan and P.K.Vineetha saved eight out of nine patients.After saving eight they again went to save the ninth and in the act succumbed to smoke and heat.
                          Remaya Rajan was from a poor family.Her father died five years ago.Her brother had got a job at dubai. Her studies was financed by education loan. Whereas Vineetha also hailing from a poor family was financial support of the family.  They both belonged to , Kottayam district of Kerala. Remaya hailed from Uzhavoor wheras Vineetha from Kothanallore.
                         These two could have stopped after say eighth patient , it would have been a great work still.But those two decided to save the ninth and last of the patients ,perfectly knowing the hazardous situation. They sacrificed there future , families hopes , families economy and their own life.They must have thought of all these things at the last choking moment of their life.And this makes it a Supreme Sacrifice.
We always will be in debt of your sacrifice sisters........


At least we people can write the WB Govt and Kerala Govt to at least make some arrangements for the families of the two and at least preserve the memories of the two.


Kerala CM id - chiefminister@kerala.gov.in / oc@oommenchandy.net

Official Address :                                                                        Residential Address :

O/o The Chief Minister, North Block,                                       Puthuppally House,          

Government Secretariat,                                                           Jagathy,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                                   Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

PIN – 695 001                                                                              Phone:-  0471 – 2345600 / 2342602

Phone :-  0471 – 2333812  / 2333682

                        

WB CM id-  cm@wb.gov.in
 CMO,
 Writers Building,
  B B D Bagh, Kolkata,
  West Bengal, India


PS : Govt of India has preserved one such memory and  gives bravery awards every year in the name of Veer Bapu Gaydhani ; who in act of fire had saved children and again entered fire to save the cows and after saving cows,he died.