Short circuit: ICU set ablaze

According to the hospital administration, no casualty was reported but machinery and furniture were destroyed.

SWAT:
A large number of patients went unconscious when a fire erupted at the Intensive Care Unit of Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals on Sunday. The fire was reportedly caused by short circuiting and engulfed the entire unit. However, the tehsil fire brigade and hospital staff managed to extinguish the flames. According to the hospital administration, no casualty was reported but  machinery and furniture were destroyed.


Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2013.

 
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