175 patients rescued after massive fire at Kanpur govt hospital, CM orders probe

Around 175 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at the UP government-run LPS Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kanpur's Swaroop Nagar on Sunday morning.

Around 175 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at the UP government-run LPS Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kanpur's Swaroop Nagar on Sunday morning. Fire broke out at the Cardiology Department of LPS Institute Of Cardiology in Kanpur today, patients evacuatedCM has ordered Principal Secretary Medical Education, Alok Kumar and DG Fire and Kanpur Commissioner to investigate the incident, and submit a report today pic.twitter.com/OLe7d3fyZa According to hospital officials, two high-risk patients died in the morning but the deaths were "not caused by the fire". A short-circuit is suspected to have led to the fire, an official said.