FIRE AT AIIMS TRAUMA UNIT

New Delhi: A fire broke out on the ground floor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre near the operation theatre area here on Sunday, triggering panic among people, including patients. No casualty has been reported in the incident.

New Delhi, March 24: A fire broke out on the ground floor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre near the operation theatre area here Sunday, triggering panic among people, including patients.

No casualty has been reported in the incident, AIIMS authorities said.

A personnel from the fire unit of the hospital suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. He was incubated and shifted to main AIIMS, where his condition remains stable, a source said.

A call was received at 6.13 pm about the incident and 24 fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot, the Delhi Fire Service said.

The fire was brought under control by 8 pm and the cooling process is underway, Chief Fire officer Atul Garg said.

According to a source at the hospital, two patients in separate operation theatres had undergone surgeries just half an before the fire broke out and were at the OT recovery rooms.

“At the nick of time, the alert staff and doctors quickly shifted them to the emergency area,” the source said.

Around 50 patients from different floors of the AIIMS Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center's wing 'A', which is located above the operation area, were evacuated due to large amount of smoke emanating from these floors and were shifted to other wards, he said.