A day after a major fire at a hospital in Bhubaneswar claimed 20 lives, the gutted portions of the private medical facility were sealed on Tuesday ahead of a probe as the Odisha government made preparations for the treatment of the injured who have been shifted to other hospitals.The Chief Minister has directed the government hospitals to provide necessary treatment to patients shifted from Sum Hospital and requested all private hospitals to extend treatment to patients from the medical facility.Most of the deaths took place due to suffocation and asphyxiation, a senior official said, adding that majority of the patients were on ventilator support at the ICU in the Sum Hospital.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited some of the hospitals, including AIIMS and AMRI Hospital here, to inquire about the condition of the patients undergoing treatment there.Banerjee said that all required cooperation would be extended for the two inquiries ordered into the fire by the state government.Some patients have also been shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack for treatment.Maintaining that there was no lapse on the part of the hospital after the fire broke out, he said the evacuation protocol had been strictly followed during the rescue operation. Rescue team in action at SUM Hospital where a fire broke out on Monday night, in Bhubaneswar.The state government has already ordered a high-level probe by the Director, Medical Education and Training, into the incident.Meanwhile, Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took suo motu cognisance of light elastic adhesive bandage the tragedy and issued notices to the state health secretary and Director General asking them to submit reports in three weeks. Moreover, an internal inquiry is also being conducted by the hospital authorities, he said. We informed AIIMS, Bhubanesawar immediately.Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University (SOA), which runs the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each for the families of the dead, its Vice-Chancellor Amit Banerjee said.Health Secretary Arti Ahuja, who visited the Sum Hospital, said that 14 and five bodies were received at the Capital Hospital and AMRI Hospital here respectively, while a Spokesman of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar said that one death was reported at their facility.The fire that broke out at the dialysis unit of the hospital was one of the worst such incidents involving a medical facility in Odisha.
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