Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- The Telangana High Court has registered a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on safety in government hospitals, following two incidents in September - the fire at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Adilabad, in which five infants died, and the roof collapse at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Hospital in Warangal.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice P Sam Koshy and Justice Suddala Chalapathi Rao heard the matter on November 5. It directed the state and central governments to file their counter affidavits and posted the case to November 16.

The PIL is based on a letter that advocate Nallapu Manideep wrote to the Supreme Court.

Safety gaps flagged

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