A patient was killed and 10 seriously ill patients were injured in a fire broke out at the SUM Hospital here on Monday evening.
According to sources, the fire first broke out at the dialysis ward of the private hospital where hundreds of patients are undergoing treatment.
As many as 10 patients were present in the ICU when the fire broke out in the 16-bed Medicine ICU, sources said. All of them were immediately shifted.
Meanwhile, all the patients in the ICU were shifted to the Capital Hospital and three city-based private hospitals.
Five fire tenders were pressed in to douse the fire while 13 ‘108’ ambulance vans were helping to bring out patients out of the Sum Hospital.
Besides, an Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) team was also pressed in service.
“All patients on ventilator in ICU and OT of Dialysis ward are safe,” asserted hospital deputy superintendent Basant Pati.