The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded the release of a jailed student doctor and three nurses arrested following the fire incident at Ahmednagar civil hospital. Fourteen patients were killed after fire erupted in the COVID-19 ICU on November 6.

Its Maharashtra branch has asked the state government to commence a threadbare study on this incident with the objective to formulate practical guidelines to prevent such occurrences in the future, for which the IMA is ready to extend its support.