Hospital fire in India's Odisha kills 22
At least 22 persons were killed and 120 others injured, many of them critically when a major fire broke out at a private hospital in the eastern Indian state of Odisha last evening.
While 14 patients were received “brought dead” at the Capital Hospital, eight were “brought dead” to AMRI Hospital from the fire-struck private medical facility, reports The Hindu.
The fire erupted inside the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital's critical-care unit in the state capital Bhubaneswar, public health officials said.
Ambulances ferried more than 120 patients to other facilities for treatment, officials said while firemen brought the flames under control.
Some patients were still in critical condition.
"We are trying our best to save lives," said Arti Ahuja, principal secretary of Odisha's health and family welfare department.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the tragedy "mind-numbing" and directed the federal health minister to facilitate transfer of those injured to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, a group of government hospitals.
Spoke to CM @Naveen_Odisha about the distressing hospital fire tragedy. Assured all possible support from the Centre.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 17, 2016
“Most of the victims were in the first floor ICU of the ill-fated SUM Hospital,” a doctor at the Capital Hospital said.
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