Disaster drill in 33 areas
New Delhi, December 4
To assess and improve the capacity of the emergency responders for tackling the situation in mass casualty disasters, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today jointly conducted a mock drill in 33 locations.

SOS: Rescue workers from the Delhi Fire Service during a simulated exercise on a high-rise building at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Four patients die for lack of oxygen supply
New Delhi, December 4
The poor state of medical facilities in a government hospital of the national Capital today led to the death of four patients allegedly due to the malfunctioning of oxygen equipment installed in the hospital, said police officials.

Four held for minor’s rape
New Delhi, December 4
Four youths, including three Jamia Millia Islamia law students, were arrested yesterday for allegedly raping a minor girl from Nepal for two months, according to the police. — TNS

Disaster drill in 33 areas
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 4
To assess and improve the capacity of the emergency responders for tackling the situation in mass casualty disasters, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today jointly conducted a mock drill in 33 locations.

The simulation exercise of the drill was organised at Burari Urs Grounds in supervision of international experts from Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Oregon of the USA.  

Observers from the Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Delhi area, made an independent audit of the entire exercise. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) responded to the exercise at Naraina and Burari simulation sites. The entire drill remained incident-free and all the emergency support functionaries participated in it.

In the various scenarios enacted during the drill, the disaster machinery dealt with the overall scenario in which 164 were dead and 143 seriously injured. As many as 497 people had major injuries while 461 minor injuries.

The victims were taken to various hospitals like LNJP Hospital, Gangaram Hospital, RML Hospital, DDU Hospital, Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, etc. About 5,000 personnel and disaster machinery participated in the drill.

The simulation exercise at Burari Urs Grounds involved eight sub-scenarios evolving from a scenario of earthquake, causing widespread damage all around.

Four patients die for lack of oxygen supply
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 4
The poor state of medical facilities in a government hospital of the national Capital today led to the death of four patients allegedly due to the malfunctioning of oxygen equipment installed in the hospital, said police officials.

A senior police official said that the deceased have been identified as Rehana (36), Javed (20) and Rajkumar (35), while the fourth person is unidentified. All the victims belonged to different places in Delhi and were put on ventilator.

“The investigation into the incident happened in Sushrut Trauma Centre is yet to be done. The cause of their death will be ascertained after the investigation,” said Sindhu Pillai, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).

According to the hospital staff, the deaths occurred due to a fault in the supply of oxygen. The relatives of the victims staged a protest outside the Sushrut Trauma Centre. A private company by the name of ‘P.E.S’ had installed the centralized oxygen plant in the hospital. The company is also responsible for its functioning.

The senior police official said that no case has been registered in the matter as they are yet to receive a formal complaint from hospital.

Visually impaired minor raped
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 4
A nine-year-old visually impaired girl was allegedly raped by her one-time neighbour in central district, said police officials today. The accused Karan Nepali (23) has been arrested from his residence in Sarai Rohilla.

The police officials said that the victim lives with her parents on Desh Bandhu Gupta Road in central Delhi.

She was alone at home when the accused came to her house yesterday and allegedly raped her.

The police said that he had recently shifted to the area. The girl reported the incident to her mother, a domestic help, when she came back home.

“A case was registered on Monday night and the accused was arrested from his house in Sarai Rohilla in the wee hours of Tuesday,” said Devesh Chandra Srivastava, Additional Commissioner of Police.

“The accused used to stay in the neighbourhood of the victim, but for the last few months he has been living in the Sarai Rohilla area,” added the Additional Commissioner of Police.