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All Hospitals Administered By Bucharest City Hall To Have Smoke Detectors

The 21 hospitals administered by the Bucharest City Hall will be equipped with smoke detectors, Bucharest deputy mayor Victor Iovici told MEDIAFAX Wednesday, adding the measure will be implemented with urgency.
All Hospitals Administered By Bucharest City Hall To Have Smoke Detectors
18 aug. 2010, 13:14, English

Iovici said the measure aims to prevent accidents such as the one which took place Monday at the Giulesti maternity hospital in Bucharest.

The deputy mayor highlighted that the electricity, natural gas and oxygen systems of all hospitals in the capital will be checked up starting this week.

Bucharest Inspectorate for Emergency Situations spokeswoman Anca Onofrei told MEDIAFAX that old hospitals are not required to have smoke detectors, adding that a law in this respect was introduced only later and applies to new hospitals, as a requirement to get running authorization.

Four babies died and seven have been injured in an explosion which took place in the intensive care unit of the Giulesti maternity hospital. Romanian prosecutors started a criminal investigation into the accident to determine the people responsible for the tragedy.

Romania’s Health Minister Cseke Attila said Tuesday that the hospital will be closed down until the end of the investigation.