President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have condoled the deaths at the SUM Hospital here.
While the Prime Minister expressed his grief and promised all support to the State Government a few hours after the fire incident, the President and the Congress chief mourned the deaths on Tuesday morning.
Mukherjee mourned the deaths and prayed for the injured.
“My heart and prayers are with bereaved families and injured in the massive hospital fire in Bhubaneswar hospital,” Mukherjee said in a tweet.
Similarly, Modi tweeted, “Deeply anguished by the loss of lives in the hospital fire in Odisha. The tragedy is mind-numbing. My thoughts are with bereaved families.”
He too asked Union Health and Family Welfare Minisster JP Nadda to facilitate transfer of all those injured to the AIIMS. “Hope, the injured recover quickly,” he tweeted.
He also spoke to CM Naveen Patnaik about the distressing hospital fire tragedy and assured all possible support from the Centre.
Besides, Modi asked PNS Dharmendra Pradhan to ensure all possible help to the injured and the affected.
Former Odisha Governor Murlidhar C Bhandare has expressed deep shock over the fire tragedy and sent his condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery of the injured. He has requested the authorities to take precautionary measures in all the hospitals to prevent any such accident in future.
Terming the tragedy as “most unfortunate”, Sonia in a statement in New Delhi said: “My thoughts and prayers remain with families of the victims.” She also wished the injured to recover soon.
She instructed the Pradesh Congress Committee and party workers to reach out to the victims and their families.