Month-Old Child, Woman Killed After Fire At Lucknow Hospital
NDTV
A child, about one-month-old, who was undergoing heart surgery at the time of the incident was brought out to the ICU because of smoke and resuscitated but he could not be saved, it added.
Two patients, including a child and a woman, died after a fire broke out in an operation theatre of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here on Monday, police said.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also heads the health portfolio, said a detailed probe would be conducted into the incident and strict action would be taken against the offenders.
The blaze was reported in one of the operation theatres at the state-run hospital around 12.40 pm. A spark in a monitor led to the fire, which first spread to the workstation and then to the entire operation theatre, a statement issued by SGPGIMS said.
