While 14 patients were received 'brought dead' at the Capital Hospital, eight were 'brought dead' to AMRI Hospital from the fire-struck private medical facility, officials said.
Emami has been in the news as one such company where fire broke out in the AMRI Hospital where Emami holds a small stake. Some directors have been taken into judicial custody. However, NH Bhansali, CEO of Emami Group said that the personal care and healthcare product company is unlikely to be affected in anyway with the fallout of the fire.
Two more officials of south Kolkata's AMRI Hospital have been arrested over Friday's fire tragedy that left 91 people dead.
Two more officials of south Kolkata's AMRI Hospital have been arrested over Friday's fire tragedy that left 91 people dead.
Investigations into the devastating AMRI Hospital fire were in progress by a Special Investigation Team of the Kolkata Police with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today calling for steps to prevent recurrence of such disasters.
The toll in the Friday's fire at the private AMRI hospital rose to 92 today with the death of one more patient at its Salt Lake facility.
The six directors of the AMRI hospital, where a major fire killed at least 90 people on Friday, were on Saturday sent to police custody for nine days by a Kolkata court.
Six owners of AMRI Hospital in south Kolkata's Dhakuria were arrested on Friday following the massive fire in which at least 88 people have been killed. The six who have been arrested are SK Todi, RS Goenka, Ravi Todi, Manish Goenka, Prasanta Goenka and Dayananda Agarwal, and the licence of the hospital has been cancelled.
Kolkata-based Emami Ltd today said it is scouting for acquisitions in the healthcare space to expand the footprint of its hospitals business in the country.