10 injured in Mugda hospital fire

Ten persons were injured after a fire broke out at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka yesterday.

The victims were rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery and Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Among the injured were seven hospital staffers and one Covid vaccine-seeker. They sustained from six percent to 30 percent burns, with one ward assistant sustaining injuries in his respiratory tracks.

The victims told reporters at the institute that the fire originated at the ICU of the hospital and spread before they could run to a safe place.

Nazma Akhter, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said the fire originated around 12:30pm at a building of the hospital. Seven firefighting units came in around 1:45pm and doused the blaze after half an hour of effort.

The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.