20200928 Fire breaks out at Kolhapur hospital’s trauma care unit
India Sep 28 2020 “Building” “Hospitals”
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Fire breaks out at Kolhapur hospital’s trauma care unit
Updated: 2020–09–28
OLHAPUR: A fire broke out at the trauma care unit of Chhatrapati Pramila Raje Civil Hospital in Kolhapur at 3.20am on Monday.
The hospital is designated as a dedicated Covid hospital since the pandemic started. It has over 400 Covid patients undergoing treatment.
At the time fire broke out, 15 Covid patients were lodged at the unit.
Chandrakant Mhaske, dean of the hospital said, “The fire broke out mainly due to the electrical short circuit. We are checking whether the fire was also erupted due to some other reasons. No casualty has been reported. The patients there have been shifted to other wards with the critical equipment. The fire has been doused”.
After the incident was reported, Mhaske and district collector Daulat Desai rushed to the hospital. Desai has asked the CPR Hospital authorities to get the fire audit of the entire hospital done immediately with the help of an electrician.
Web Source: The times of India