Chandigarh, August 12
About 12 newborn babies were among 39 persons, most of them women in labour or new mothers, who had to be evacuated from the PGI’s labour room after a fire broke out in an electricity junction box today.
No major loss was reported. The electricity wires were burning and the thick smoke, reached the labour room on the third floor through a duct, sending the patients and staff present there in a tizzy.
Eyewitnesses said it was around 10 am when smoke was noticed in the labour room. While the patients were immediately shifted to safer places, a few employees started locating the origin of the smoke, which was traced to a junction box located near the dispensary on the ground floor.
Though the fire, which was reportedly due to a short circuit, was controlled immediately, it took some time for the patients and their attendants to heave a sigh of relief.
A PGI spokesperson said the fire broke out as the wires got heated up due to the overloading. The building is taken care by six electricians even though it comprises critical departments, including the emergency, general wards, trauma ward, operation theaters, dialysis facilities, labour rooms and offices of different departments.
There were old electricity wires at many places in the building. The load of power was multiplying due to the installation of air conditioners and new equipment, sources said.
About 12 newborn babies were among 39 persons, most of them women in labour or new mothers, who had to be evacuated from the PGI’s labour room after a fire broke out in an electricity junction box today.
No major loss was reported. The electricity wires were burning and the thick smoke, reached the labour room on the third floor through a duct, sending the patients and staff present there in a tizzy.
Eyewitnesses said it was around 10 am when smoke was noticed in the labour room. While the patients were immediately shifted to safer places, a few employees started locating the origin of the smoke, which was traced to a junction box located near the dispensary on the ground floor.
Though the fire, which was reportedly due to a short circuit, was controlled immediately, it took some time for the patients and their attendants to heave a sigh of relief.
A PGI spokesperson said the fire broke out as the wires got heated up due to the overloading. The building is taken care by six electricians even though it comprises critical departments, including the emergency, general wards, trauma ward, operation theaters, dialysis facilities, labour rooms and offices of different departments.
There were old electricity wires at many places in the building. The load of power was multiplying due to the installation of air conditioners and new equipment, sources said.
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