Srinagar: Panic gripped SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura on Thursday after fire erupted in a store-room in a ward meant for dialysis patients.
Eyewitnesses said the flames and smoke was seen billowing out of a window from the hospital ward, prompting the attendants to run helter-skelter. The fire and emergency department men were immediately called in, who reached the spot and doused-off the flames, they said.
An F&ES official confirming the incident said that the fire had broken out in a store of Ward Number 3P. However the tenders reached on time and doused off the flames.
A hospital official said that all of the patients are safe and none of them had to be evacuated. However there has been damage to some furniture kept inside the room, he added.
Meanwhile, the hospital administration in a statement issued on Thursday night said that a team has been constituted to ascertain the facts behind the minor fire incident.
“No major damage was done, every service was restored immediately. Everybody including the staff and patients are safe,” the handout reads.
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