New Delhi, At least ten patients were killed after a major fire erupted in an ICU in Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on Monday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said around 11 hospital staff members suffered burn injuries while rescuing patients to safety.
Here's a look at major hospital fire tragedies in the country in the last decade:
- AMRI Hospital, Kolkata : More than 90 people were choked to death from the toxic fumes after a fire broke out in the basement of the seven-storeyed AMRI Hospital's annexe building in the early hours of December 9, 2011.
- Dreams Mall, Mumbai : A fire broke out at Mumbai's Dreams Mall, which housed a Covid-designated hospital, on the intervening night of March 25-26. The fire, which raged for more than 40 hours, claimed nine lives, including those of patients on ventilator support.
- Vijay Vallabh Hospital, Virar : Fifteen COVID-19 patients died after a fire broke out at the ICU of Vijay Vallabh Hospital at Virar in the Palghar district of Maharashtra.
- Patel Welfare Hospital, Bharuch : Eighteen persons, including 16 COVID-19 patients and two trainee nurses, died in a fire at Patel Welfare Hospital, run by a charitable trust, in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours.
- Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi : At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, possibly due to an electrical short circuit.
- SMS Hospital, Jaipur : A massive fire blazed through the neuro ICU of Jaipur's state-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital, killing six patients on critical care support.
