Bengaluru: A fire broke out in the basement of a three-storeyed Raksha Health Care hospital in Bengaluru’s Rajanakunte on Tuesday morning. A total of 16 patients who were admitted to the hospital, including the two in ICU, were immediately shifted to the nearest hospital.
The fire department received information about the fire at 9:15 am, leading to the deployment of six fire tenders to the hospital.
Sixteen patients admitted at a private hospital in Rajanakunte near here were shifted after a minor fire broke out at the three-storey building on Tuesday, fire officials said.
No one has sustained any injury, they said.
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According to the department, fire broke out at a lab in the basement of the 50-bedded private hospital. Though the fire did not spread to the ground and the three upper floors of the building, the entire hospital was engulfed in thick smoke causing panic and uneasiness among patients, staff and visitors at the hospital, reports news agency PTI.
Responding promptly to the situation, all sixteen patients, including two in critical care, were transferred to the nearest medical facility. Despite some experiencing discomfort due to smoke inhalation, all patients remain stable.
During the rescue operation, two employees named Lokesh and Naveen Kumar sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, reports TOI.
According to a PTI report, “All patients are stable. No one sustained any injuries. Because of the thick smoke, some of them complained of uneasiness and suffocation. They were immediately shifted to the nearest hospital,” a senior fire official said.
The fire was, however, extinguished by 11 am, the fire officials said, adding that the exact cause of the fire is being ascertained.
Ramesh, a resident of Rajanukunte, told TOI, “I had come to buy medicines from the pharmacy in the hospital building. I noticed the smoke and joined the team that entered the hospital to evacuate the people stuck inside. We could hardly see anything in the building. People standing a foot away were also not visible. Somehow, we evacuated the people on the ground floor but entering the first and second floors was not easy”.
