The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Baleswar District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) was on Monday closed for unspecified time as some sophisticated machines malfunctioned due to electricity fluctuations.
"The ICU has been closed from today till the rectification of the glitch," said Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Dr BS Pani.
The patients admitted in the ICU have been either been discharged or shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack or to the general wards, informed the CDMO.
Meanwhile, the hospital authorities have directed the electricity department to set right the fault and make it safe.