The AC of the Trauma Centre which caught fire and exploded.
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AC burst after a fire broke out in the trauma center at 7 am. 10 patients were admitted in the trauma center, their lives were in danger. The seriously injured patient is on ventilator.
Gwalior. Naiduniya representative. A fire broke out in the ceiling AC at 7 am on Tuesday in the trauma center of Jayarogya Hospital in Gwalior. The AC burst due to the fire. This killed a patient admitted in the trauma center. The deceased patient was on ventilator for two days. However, the other 9 patients admitted in the trauma center are safe. The management reached the spot and shifted all the patients elsewhere.
According to the incident, 10 patients are admitted in the trauma center of Jayarogya Hospital. There are ceiling ACs installed in the trauma center. One of these ACs caught fire and exploded at around 7 am on Tuesday morning. This AC was installed on the wall above a patient named Azad. Azad got caught in it. Due to which he died. However, this patient was kept on ventilator. Later when the doctors conducted his ECG, he had already died.
After the fire and explosion, the fire was extinguished by the management and the patients admitted in the trauma center were shifted to another ward. Now the management is investigating how the fire broke out in the AC and how the explosion happened. Senior officials of the administration including the hospital management have reached the spot.