22 government hospitals of Sindh have submitted fire safety report to Sindh government.

According to the sources of the health department, the fire safety data of NICVD, SIUT Karachi and Sukkur and PUHMS is incomplete, the fire safety data of Khairpur Medical College and Gambit is also incomplete while the report also states that the records of many major medical institutions are not provided.

The report revealed lack of fire alarms and water sprinklers in major government hospitals.

According to the report, 180 fire extinguishers are operational in Civil Hospital Karachi, but there are no fire alarms and sprinklers, the electrical wiring of the 1750-bed hospital is also in need of repair.

Jinnah Hospital Karachi has 208 fire extinguishers operational but no fire alarms and sprinklers while the electrical wiring of the 2208-bed hospital needs repair, while fire drills are held regularly at Jinnah Hospital.

According to the report, 40 out of 135 fire extinguishers at NICH turned out to be defective, the 533-bed hospital has no fire alarms and fire drills are not conducted regularly, while electrical wiring needs extensive repairs.

Lyari General Hospital has only 20 functional fire extinguishers and one fire alarm against 700 beds, but no water sprinklers and fire drills are not conducted regularly.

According to the report, only 25 fire extinguishers are functional in Qatar Hospital Orangi and there is no fire alarm, Saudabad Hospital has 18 fire extinguishers functional but there is no fire alarm and regular fire drills system.

In the report, the fire safety arrangements of SMBB Trauma Center and Korangi Children’s Institute have been described as satisfactory, SMBB Trauma Center has 180 fire extinguishers, 45 fire alarms and 39 fire hydrants functional while Korangi Children’s Institute has 39 fire extinguishers and 39 fireballs and fire alarms and fire drills.

According to the report, the safety route of the children’s ward in Sukkur’s GMMC Hospital is not clear, while the hospital has only 20 fire extinguishers and no fire alarms and sprinklers, in Shahdadpur’s SIMS Hospital, there are only 5 fire extinguishers and no fire alarms.

In Lums Hyderabad 110 fire extinguishers are functional but fire alarms and sprinklers are not available, in Lums Jamshoro there are 32 fire extinguishers but fire alarms and sprinklers are not available.

Sehun Institute has 45 fire extinguishers and 4 fire alarms in operation while fire drills are held regularly.

According to the report, there are a total of 77 fire extinguishers in various blocks of CMC Larkana, while 52 fire extinguishers are functional in Jacobabad Institute and the fire safety arrangements there have been declared satisfactory.