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Bhubaneswar fire: Medical facilities sealed at Sum Hospital

Bhubaneswar fire: Medical facilities sealed at Sum Hospital

TIL Desk/National/Bhubaneswar/ A day after a major fire at a hospital here claimed 22 lives, ravaged areas of the medical facility were sealed today ahead of a thorough probe as the state government geared up to ensure proper treatment of patients shifted elsewhere.

Health Secretary Arti Ahuja, who visited the private Hospital this morning, said the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), dialysis and emergency units of the fire-hit medical facility have been sealed to ensure a proper investigation.

As many as 106 persons, who were shifted from Sum Hospital following the blaze, are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the city, she said. Some patients have also been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited some of the hospitals including AIIMS and AMRI Hospital here to enquire about the condition of the patients from Sum Hospital undergoing treatment there.

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