An electrical short circuit caused a fire accident in the ground floor of one of the old blocks of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) on Thursday. The accident created panic among the patients and the hospital authorities. The fire was noticed in the storage room of the Bradfield surgical block.
Health Minister Ma. Subramanian, who rushed to the hospital, said the staff acted swiftly and shifted the patients admitted in the block. “There were 33 patients of whom three were undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit. As this is an old building, not many patients were admitted here. The Fire and Rescue Services personnel acted fast and brought the fire under control,” he said.
