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Updated On Dec 09, 2011 08:19 PM IST
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Left Front chairman Biman Bose along with CPI leader Manjugopal Majumder at SSKM hospital where all the bodies have been sent for post-mortem as more than 70 people, mostly patients, fell prey to a major fire at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Dec 09, 2011 08:19 PM IST

Left Front chairman Biman Bose along with CPI leader Manjugopal Majumder at SSKM hospital where all the bodies have been sent for post-mortem as more than 70 people, mostly patients, fell prey to a major fire at AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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Relatives gather to identify bodies at a morgue following a fire at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. At least 73 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at the hospital, with officials accusing staff of abandoning those in their care. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Dec 09, 2011 08:19 PM IST

Relatives gather to identify bodies at a morgue following a fire at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. At least 73 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at the hospital, with officials accusing staff of abandoning those in their care.

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Locals rescue a patient after a fire that broke out at Kolkata's AMRI hospital. HT PHOTO/Subhankar Chakraborty expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Locals rescue a patient after a fire that broke out at Kolkata's AMRI hospital. HT PHOTO/Subhankar Chakraborty

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Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a person after a fire engulfed AMRI hospital in Kolkata. Medical staff at the hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving many dead from smoke inhalation, officials said. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a person after a fire engulfed AMRI hospital in Kolkata. Medical staff at the hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving many dead from smoke inhalation, officials said.

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A firefighter smashes glass windows of the AMRI Hospital nursing home as he searches for survivors after a fire broke out in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A firefighter smashes glass windows of the AMRI Hospital nursing home as he searches for survivors after a fire broke out in Kolkata.

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Fire officials try to rescue patients trapped inside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire officials try to rescue patients trapped inside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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Firefighters evacuate a patient from AMRI hospital. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Firefighters evacuate a patient from AMRI hospital. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

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A relative cries after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A relative cries after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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A hospital staff member shouts for help after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A hospital staff member shouts for help after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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People rescue patients after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People rescue patients after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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A woman cries after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman cries after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata

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People help carry a patient out of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People help carry a patient out of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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Fire officials and hospital staff rescue a patient from the window of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire officials and hospital staff rescue a patient from the window of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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Fire officials rescue a patient as he cries in a pain, from the window of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire officials rescue a patient as he cries in a pain, from the window of AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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Fire officials and local people climb ladders to rescue patients trapped inside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire officials and local people climb ladders to rescue patients trapped inside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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People stand outside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People stand outside AMRI hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata.

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People evacuate patients after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People evacuate patients after a fire broke out at AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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TV grab of families of patients, trapped inside AMRI hospital, standing outside the hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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TV grab of families of patients, trapped inside AMRI hospital, standing outside the hospital in Kolkata.

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TV grab of AMRI hospital in Kolkata. 20 people were killed in the fire at AMRI hospital. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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TV grab of AMRI hospital in Kolkata. 20 people were killed in the fire at AMRI hospital.

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TV grab of patients being taken out in stretcher from AMRI hospital in Kolkata. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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TV grab of patients being taken out in stretcher from AMRI hospital in Kolkata.

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