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LucknowLocal: Massive Fire Breaks Out at KGMU’s Trauma Center, Chowk

Lucknow: A massive fire broke out at KGMU’s trauma center around 7 pm on Saturday. Doctors, paramedics, attendants and security personnel had a tough time evacuating the about 200 critical patients amidst the bellowing spoke. The evacuation process continued till late in the night. Several door and window panes had to be broken in a bid to let the smoke escape and facilitate evacuation that continued till late in the night.

It is also reported that a critically ill woman who left the trauma center for Lohia hospital, died on the way.

The incident happened all of a sudden and no alarms were heard according to eyewitnesses. The fire broke out allegedly due to a short circuit at the store room on the second floor.As it was night time, patients had great difficulty in moving out and they had no idea where to go or whom to contact. Many patients were seen crying for help, while the ‘inadequate’ security personnel could manage to rescue only a few of them.

Patients who were at the causality ward or at the diagnostic centre for X-ray, CT scan etc at the ground floor were seen coming out on stretchers with the help of their attendants. Some of them were being administered normal saline and they came out with great difficulty.

Within minutes dozens of stretchers were seen outside the centre as patients and attendants moved out in panic. Evacuation was not easy as only the main exit was opened. Later more doors were opened by breaking the locks.

Some patients were shifted to the adjacent Shatabdi Hospital and Lari Cardiology and some were referred to Balrampur hospital and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Those admitted in the ICU too had to be brought out as electricity supply was hit after the fire. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered an inquiry in the incident.