This is the moment an intensive care unit in India with 23 newborns caught fire in the dead of the night. <br /><br />But a nurse barges in in the nick of the time to avert a major tragedy. <br /><br />The heart-stopping incident occurred in Gwalior city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of May 29. <br /><br />A phototherapy machine at the Sick New Born Care Unit (SNCU) in the District Government Hospital caught fire due to short circuit. <br /><br />The defective unit that started burning even had a child undergoing treatment on its stand.<br /><br />CCTV footage from the unit shows the machine catching fire and flames leaping high in a room with 23 babies. <br /><br />But luckily a nurse on duty - Renu Rajput - smelt the smoke and rushed in. She turned off the machine and checked on the baby on the machine. <br /><br />She then rushed out to turn off the main switch and returned to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. <br /><br />Other staff at the hospital also joined her and the babies were quickly moved to safety. <br /><br />A doctor at the hospital said: “It’s a miracle that the babies escaped unhurt. The blaze had slowed down a bit on its own by the time the nurse rushed in,” he added. <br /><br />Requesting anonymity, he added that the wiring at the SNCU was faulty. “We have complained several times in writing to the hospital administration,” he pointed out.<br /><br />Civil surgeon Dr Vikas Gupta acknowledged that the wiring was defective.<br /><br />+CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: MUTE FROM SOURCE+
