Staff Reporter :
The Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital started treatment of patients from Friday morning, giving sigh of relief from uncertainty and fear created on Thursday due to fire.
Around 350 patients have been shifted inside the hospital since Friday morning, the Hospital’s Director Professor Uttom Kumar Barua said.
Among the total, 1,174 patients (526 males, 576 females and 72 children patients) were shifted to other government hospitals on Thursday night after the fire originated at the children’s ward on the second floor of the new building of the hospital and spread to the store room on the ground floor, he said.
Four wards, out of 13 and a burn unit, bore the brunt of the fire which will remain closed for investigation, the Director said.
“The Emergency Ward was reopened on Thursday night and some others were taken to operation theatreon Friday. We hope all the wards except those four affected wards will be able to resume normal function from today (Saturday)” he said.
Many important files containing history of the patients got burnt or lost last night due to yesterday’s fire incident. Attendants of the patients were seen rushing to the hospital seeking their files.
Meanwhile, the hospital currently is not receiving child patients as the children’s ward was severely affected.
Stressing the need for improving the fire fighting capabilities at all government hospitals, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday the fire incident at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) is a lesson for all concerned.
“Now it’s a must to improve the fire fighting capabilities of all government hospitals,” he said in a press briefing on the fire accident at SSMCH held at his Baridhara residence.
The Minister said that all the electrical connections and the damaged sections of the hospital will be examined to locate the reason behind the accident.
“In all government hospitals, fire-fighting equipment will be checked regularly. Safety Drills will be conducted at regular intervals,” the Minister said.
The Health and the Home Ministries formed two separate committees to investigate whether it was short-circuit or anything else, he added. It may be mentioned that the fire broke out on the second floor around 6 pm on Thursday.
Sixteen firefighting units was able to douse the fire around 9pm on Thursday. All the patients, including those at the intensive care unit (ICU) and the surgery ward, had to be evacuated from hospital following the fire.
A seven-member committee was formed to investigate the incident and was asked to submit its report in three days.
The Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital started treatment of patients from Friday morning, giving sigh of relief from uncertainty and fear created on Thursday due to fire.
Around 350 patients have been shifted inside the hospital since Friday morning, the Hospital’s Director Professor Uttom Kumar Barua said.
Among the total, 1,174 patients (526 males, 576 females and 72 children patients) were shifted to other government hospitals on Thursday night after the fire originated at the children’s ward on the second floor of the new building of the hospital and spread to the store room on the ground floor, he said.
Four wards, out of 13 and a burn unit, bore the brunt of the fire which will remain closed for investigation, the Director said.
“The Emergency Ward was reopened on Thursday night and some others were taken to operation theatreon Friday. We hope all the wards except those four affected wards will be able to resume normal function from today (Saturday)” he said.
Many important files containing history of the patients got burnt or lost last night due to yesterday’s fire incident. Attendants of the patients were seen rushing to the hospital seeking their files.
Meanwhile, the hospital currently is not receiving child patients as the children’s ward was severely affected.
Stressing the need for improving the fire fighting capabilities at all government hospitals, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday the fire incident at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) is a lesson for all concerned.
“Now it’s a must to improve the fire fighting capabilities of all government hospitals,” he said in a press briefing on the fire accident at SSMCH held at his Baridhara residence.
The Minister said that all the electrical connections and the damaged sections of the hospital will be examined to locate the reason behind the accident.
“In all government hospitals, fire-fighting equipment will be checked regularly. Safety Drills will be conducted at regular intervals,” the Minister said.
The Health and the Home Ministries formed two separate committees to investigate whether it was short-circuit or anything else, he added. It may be mentioned that the fire broke out on the second floor around 6 pm on Thursday.
Sixteen firefighting units was able to douse the fire around 9pm on Thursday. All the patients, including those at the intensive care unit (ICU) and the surgery ward, had to be evacuated from hospital following the fire.
A seven-member committee was formed to investigate the incident and was asked to submit its report in three days.
