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Fire breaks out at PGI's Nehru Hospital in Chandigarh
"The fire broke out in the computer room which spread further. The administration evacuated all the patients safely," said director of the PGIMER, Chandigarh.
A major fire broke out on the first floor of the PGI's Nehru Hospital in Chandigarh in the early hours of Tuesday. The fire was reportedly doused and all patients are safe.
"The fire broke out in the computer room which spread further. The administration of the hospital immediately responded and evacuated all the patients safely," said Dr Vivek Lal, director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
"Not a single patient has lost his/ her life... Chandigarh administration immediately swung into action, fire tenders reached the spot and the fire was doused," he said.
"The situation is under control. We have started the restoration process," he added.
The fire and emergency services and the disaster management departments, police and the PGIMER own emergency response system immediately swung into action after the fire was reported.
PGIMER and disaster management department officials also confirmed news agency PTI that all the patients were immediately evacuated. A disaster management department official said they received information about the fire on a floor of the hospital's Nehru block.
"All patients were safely evacuated, we cleared the ICU (Intensive Care Unit), respiratory ICU ... Our rescue team worked in coordination with the police, the fire department and PGI departments," he said.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known, he added.
