Romanian Health, Interior Ministry Teams To Carry Out Fire Prevention Checkups in Hospitals

Romania’s Health Ministry and the Interior Ministry will check up hospitals countrywide to see if they are properly equipped to prevent fire, Health Minister Attila Cseke said Wednesday evening on private television Realitatea TV.

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Cseke said that checkups will be carried out by teams made up of representatives of the two ministries.

The decision to carry out fire prevention checkups follows the tragedy which took place Monday at the Giulesti maternity hospital in Bucharest. Five babies died and six have been injured in an explosion which took place in the intensive care unit of the maternity hospital.

Romanian prosecutors started a criminal investigation into the accident to determine the people responsible for the tragedy.

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