Berhampur: A fire broke out in the operation theatre floor of super-specialist block, MKCG Medical College and Hospital, due to suspected short circuit. There was no casualty but some machines in the OT were reportedly damaged.
Patients and their attendants waiting for their plastic surgery operation have been shifted by the medical staff and fire fighters to safer place. Around 50 fire-fighters from Berhampur and Chhatrapur were engaged to control the fire that broke out in the fifth floor of the building.
“We were forced to stop the operation of a patient after seeing the smoke and came out of the OT along with the patient,” said a doctor from plastic surgery department. “The situation is now under control. An expert team will probe the cause of mishap,” said Santosh Kumar Mishra, superintendent of MKCG. TNN
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