Bihar hospital under knee-deep water cleared of waterlogging

Press Trust of India  |  Patna 

The state-run Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), whose ICU and wards were under knee-deep water due to rains in which fish swam, was cleared of the today.

Water has been pumped out and all the wards were cleaned and bleaching powder sprinkled today, told today.

Doctors, nurses and patients had to wade through knee-deep water and fish swam in the ICU of the NMCH yesterday on account of rain water deposit.

Water had entered into the (ICU) of the medicine department forcing shifting of patients to Surgerry wing emergency unit.

Built in 1970, the hospital which is located in a low lying area, saw water entering into its various wards due to the heavy showers on July 28-29.

Television channels had beamed how the hospital's ICU turned an aquarium with fish swimming inside.

The said that the patients shifted from ICU of medicine department to that in the wing would remain there as it would take another 3-4 days to clean the Medicine emergency.

Meanwhile, of opposition in the state assembly Tejashwi Yadav took a potshots at Mangal Pandey for being in Shimla while hospitals were under water.

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First Published: Mon, July 30 2018. 21:00 IST