Ctg hospital fire prompts patient evacuation
About an hour-long fire yesterday spread panic among patients and their relatives at a multi-storey private hospital in Golpahar area of Chittagong city.
None was injured in the incident, as all patients were immediately transferred to adjacent hospitals after the fire broke out at the Centre for Specialised Care and Research (CSCR) Hospital.
The fire originated from the hospital's conference room situated on the ninth floor around 8:00am and soon spread to the accounts section, server room and other office rooms on the same floor, staff said.
The ninth floor also housed three units -- Dialysis, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Labour -- which escaped the fire. The hospital accommodated around 70 patients.
On information, fire fighters from Chandanpura, Agrabad and Nandankanon fire stations rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 9:00am.
Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said the fire might have originated from an electric short circuit. He estimated the loss at Tk 11 lakh.
Fire service headquarters in Chittagong formed a three-member probe committee, led by its Deputy Director Md Yahiya, to investigate the reason behind the fire.
Syed Mohammed Mahabubul Hoque, assistant general manager as well as company secretary of the hospital, said the hospital's medical services would remain closed for two days till today.
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Meanwhile, Chittagong Civil Surgeon Office formed a three-member committee, led by Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr MD Rafiq Uddin, to investigate the matter.
Dr Rafiq said they had ordered the hospital to stop its medical services until its utilities including electricity and water supplies were restored.
They will submit the probe report tomorrow, he added.
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