Fire broke out in Murshidabad Medical College Hosp: 2 killed and 7 injured

ProMASS News Bureau: Aug 26, 2016: Two persons were killed and 7 injured in a stampede after a fire broke out in the Murshidabad Medical College Hospital this afternoon. The state government has announced a compensation of two lakhs rupees to the kin of the deceased and free treatment for the seven injured. Director of Health Services Biswaranjan Satpathy told agencies that two women – a nursing aide and a relative of a patient died in the stampede. He said, the fire broke out in the AC machine of a vacant VIP cabin at the main medical ward of the hospital. Patients in the adjacent wards were immediately taken out and were relocated to the newly built Mother Child Hub, he said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is monitoring the situation, while a four-member high power team from Kolkata has been rushed to the site. A departmental inquiry has been ordered to probe the incident. State Fire Minister Sovan Chatterjee said the blaze was now well under control.