Critically ill patients at ICU, cardiac care top death toll

December 09, 2011 12:02

Rediff.com's Indrani Mitra who was at the site, quoting a hospital source, says that more than 80 per cent of the patients admitted to the ICCU and ITU of the hospital are feared dead. Some of the bodies have already been identified.

"Cans of diesel and petrol are kept at the hospital basement. They are used as fuel for the generators," a hospital employee told rediff.com on condition of anonymity. "Those cans fanned a minor fire into a disaster," he added.

Tarun Mukherjee, a volunteer who played a major role in rescuing people from Kolkata's Stephen Court fire in 2010, reached AMRI as early as 4.30 am.

"So far, I have moved 26 bodies from the hospital and rescued at least 40," he told rediff.com. "The toll is likely to be more than 100," Mukherjee added.

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