Corporators declare Rs 10 lakh each for Baby Prince and Maru's kin

Within 48 hours of midday reporting about BMCs reluctance to compensate Rajesh Marus family and Baby Princes father refusing Rs 5 lakh compensation that the civic body offered him a group leaders meeting of the corporation decided that each of the families would be given R10lakh compensation Further a comprehensive policy for compensating victims of civic negligence or those affected by accidents on BMCrun premises will soon be formedThe corporators at the meeting suggested that the compensation policy should be framed after checking the guidelines of the airlines railways and state government for the same The policy is likely to include deaths caused by tree fall and drowning in sewerage lines but nobody mentioned whether pothole deaths would be includedMayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar said We have decided to compensate the victims and have also asked the administration to draft a policy which will take care of such situations in futureBaby Prince had suffered 22 per cent burns after a fire broke out in the ICU of KEM Hospital earlier this month Due to the severity of the burns the doctors had to amputate a significant part of his left arm The child also suffers from a congenital heart defect and was admitted to the hospital while he was suffering from pneumonia Whereas Maru died after he entered the MRI room at Nair Hospital with an oxygen cylinder and got sucked into the machineRajesh Maru File picWhile the high court had asked the BMC to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to Marus family the money was not given to them even two months after the orderOn Wednesday the civic administration said that they had handed over the compensation to Marus parents Further Baby Princes father had approached the municipal commissioner as he was not ready to accept a meagre R5lakh compensation for his son However the civic body has agreed to pay him Rs 10lakh as wellVishakha Raut leader of House and Shiv Sena corporator said We have instructed the administration to avoid all legal hassles as lakhs of rupees are paid to senior counsels representing the BMC in court By saving that money we can give it to the victims familiesDont overburden ward officialsA day after the BMC appointed the ward officials of four hospitals as CEOs corporators across party lines objected to the idea saying that it would burden them and even work would get affected During the group leaders meeting the corporators said that the responsibility should be given to retired deputy deans of the hospitals Sena corporator Vishakha Raut said It is unfair to burden the ward officials which in turn will affect the hospitals maintenance work The commissioner has agreed to it and said that the order given to appoint them as CEOs would be withdrawnPrinces condition critical doctorsPrince Rajbhar with his motherAccording to doctors at KEM Hospital Princes condition is critical and even his blood pressure is fluctuating Dr Hemant Deshmukh dean of the hospital said Prince is less responsive today He is on full ventilator support We have told his father that his blood pressure is fluctuating since the past four to five days and he is in critical conditionPharmacies at BMC hospitalsAfter a lot of people complained that they had to purchase most of the medicines prescribed at civic hospitals from outside pharmacies at higher rates the BMC decided that AMRIT pharmacy on the lines of AIIMS Delhi would be set up at civic hospitals Patients would be able to get medicines at 3040 per cent discounts at these pharmacies Mayor Mahadeshwar said This was one of the major decisions taken the group leaders meeting as it will benefit citizensRs 10 lakhAmount the BMC has agreed to pay to Princes parentsRs 5 lakhCompensation that BMC was earlier offering Princes father22 per centBurns Baby Prince suffered in the KEM Hospital fireCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates