Hospital fire: Patients shifted in nick of time

Rajkot: A fire broke out at the ICCU ward of the government-run Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Jamnagar. However, no one was injured as it was brought under control within an hour.
According to hospital authorities, the fire broke out at nearly 2.45 pm. There were nine patients in the ICCU ward but none were Covid patients.
Three patients were on ventilator and the others were on oxygen. They all were shifted safely to other wards.
“There were no casualties in this incident and all the patients and staff are safe,” said Ravi Shankar, district collector of Jamnagar, while briefing media persons.
According to the fire department’s primary observation, the fire broke out because of an electric short-circuit. This is an old building and the wiring, too, was old. There was a thermocol ceiling and wooden partition because of which the fire spread quickly.
“The fire safety equipment is not old but there is a huge material loss and we are accessing it,” Shankar added.
“All were heart patients and doctors and nurses took quick action to shift them safely. We are investigating about the damage,” said Dr Deepak Tiwari, medical superintendent of the hospital.
A senior technical team from Gandhinagar is on its way to visit the hospital.
It is to be noted that soon after the recent fire incident at a Ahmedabad Covid hospital, this hospital, too, had done a fire audit but for Covid wards only.