Fire in state-run hospital in Kolkata
February 22, 2013  20:45

Patients were today evacuated from the emergency block of the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital after a fire broke out in Kolkata. There was no casualty, police sources said.         

 

Panic ruled for about 30 minutes as the second floor of the emergency block was engulfed in smoke, with hospital employees hurriedly shifting patients to safety, police sources said.         

 

The fire was doused in 30 minutes by two fire engines, they said. Relatives of patients alleged that a locked collapsible gate had to be broken open for shifting the patients.         

 

Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya visited the hospital and said an inquiry would be made to ascertain the cause of the fire.

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