At least 19 patients died of asphyxiation and several others turned critical after a major fire broke out in ICU and dialysis ward of SUM Hospital-cum-medical college, an upscale hospital on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Monday evening.
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Chaos reigned in the hospital for almost two hours as hospital authorities and fire service officials tried to evacuate the patients from the wards. Several wards were filled with smoke.
According to PTI, a middle-aged man whose father was being treated at the hospital said, “I jumped down from the first floor, where my father was being treated. I do not know what happened to him and other patients.”
Patients and their relatives cried for help as officials struggled to reach out to them.
“I had brought my nephew to casualty when the fire broke out. I just don’t know where to take him,” said Jyoti Prakash
So far 100 are being treated in different hospitals across the city, with most patients admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
According to initial reports 22 people were declared dead by privately-owned AMRI Hospital and government-owned Capital, where the patients were admitted after evacuation. Later, Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi confirmed that 19 people died during the fire. So far 100 are being treated in different hospitals across the city, with most patients admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
“All the patients in the ICU and on the ventilator were evacuated. The critical patients have been shifted to Capital hospital and three private hospitals,” said deputy superintendent of SUM Hospital Basant Pati.
Chaos reigned in the hospital for almost two hours as hospital authorities and fire service officials tried to evacuate the patients from the wards. Several wards were filled with smoke.
According to PTI, a middle-aged man whose father was being treated at the hospital said, “I jumped down from the first floor, where my father was being treated. I do not know what happened to him and other patients.”
Patients and their relatives cried for help as officials struggled to reach out to them.
“I had brought my nephew to casualty when the fire broke out. I just don’t know where to take him,” said Jyoti Prakash
So far 100 are being treated in different hospitals across the city, with most patients admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
According to initial reports 22 people were declared dead by privately-owned AMRI Hospital and government-owned Capital, where the patients were admitted after evacuation. Later, Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi confirmed that 19 people died during the fire. So far 100 are being treated in different hospitals across the city, with most patients admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
“All the patients in the ICU and on the ventilator were evacuated. The critical patients have been shifted to Capital hospital and three private hospitals,” said deputy superintendent of SUM Hospital Basant Pati.