Khulna Correpondent:
A fire broke out on the third floor of the Khulna Medical College (Khumec) Hospital building. The fire broke out at 6 am on Wednesday (May 20). The black smoke of the fire spread panic among the patients and their families in an instant.
At that time, hospital staff Saidur Rahman, senior staff nurses Naureen, Dipali and Sharmin and fire service member Touhid were injured. A patient named Nasrin Nahar died. She died due to lack of oxygen when her mask came off while she was rushing out in fear of the fire. The young woman is the daughter of Nesar Ali of Khulna’s Koyra area.
Hospital ward boy Rezaul said that it is believed that the fire started from the store room. However, it is not possible to say how the fire started. Nothing in the OT and post-operative ward was visible in the smoke. The dying patients were taken out of the post-operative room through the back door. Later, the fire service personnel rescued the nurses. Two nurses fell ill due to the black smoke of the fire. They have been admitted to a private hospital. In addition, a nurse fell while coming down from the third floor. However, no patient was injured in the incident.
Assistant Professor Dr. Dilip Kumar, in charge of the emergency OT, said that at 5:50 am, there may have been a short circuit in the post-operative room next to the emergency operation theater and one of the adjacent store rooms. This caused a fire in the AC outdoor and later in the oxygen outdoor. The fire may have spread due to the door exploding in the face of the oxygen outdoor. At that time, two nurses and a doctor in the OT jumped from the ladder. All three are undergoing treatment. However, there were no major casualties. There were patients in all 15 seats of the OT department. Hospital sources said that after receiving the information, 10 units of the fire service started working to extinguish the fire. The fire was brought under control after an hour of effort.
Assistant Director of the Fire Service Sarkar Masud Ahmed said that the fire started from an electrical short circuit. After receiving the information about the fire at around 6 am, 10 units of the fire service started working to control the fire. The fire was brought under control after about an hour of effort.
Patients and relatives of the patients said that most of the people were sleeping at the time of the fire. After the fire broke out in the store room, it spread and everything in the hospital was burnt. Everyone started running in panic and took shelter in the hospital grounds. Many took their patients to other hospitals.
They alleged that the hospital operates 24 hours a day. The incident of a fire breaking out there and burning everything is mysterious. A proper investigation is needed.
Khulna Medical College Hospital Resident Medical Officer (RMO) Dr. Hossain Ali said that initially it is believed that the fire may have started from a short circuit or an AC explosion. However, the real cause can be confirmed after the investigation.
Khulna Medical College Hospital security guard Ansar Commander ACP Md. Ariful Islam said that two staff nurses and a fire service member were injured when the grill collapsed while cutting the grill while controlling the fire. They were sent to Khulna City Medical College Hospital after receiving primary treatment.
Head of the hospital’s ICU department Dr. Dilip Kumar Kundu said that a patient named Nasrin Nahar was on ventilation. There were a total of 15 patients there. We were able to take everyone to safety. But the patient’s relatives were removing her themselves, and the patient died on the way down.
Khulna Medical College Hospital Director Dr. Kazi Ainul Islam said that the exact cause of the fire is not yet known. However, all types of operations have been stopped at the moment as the oxygen supply to the hospital has been disrupted due to the fire. It will be fixed soon.
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