Govt forms team of docs, hospitals on alert after gas leak

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Saturday directed Centre-run hospitals to be ready to help victims of a gas leak in southeast Delhi’s Tughlaka-bad area and also constituted a five-member team of doctors to take stock of the situation. Around 450 girl students from two city schools were hospitalised after they complained of irritation in eyes and breathlessness due to chemical leakage from a container depot located in southeast Delhi’s Tughlakabad area. “Central GoI hospitals have been instructed to be ready to help all victims of Delhi gas leak incident. My prayers are with children & families,” Nadda tweeted. (PTI)