DHAKA, Feb 15, 2019 (BSS) – A four-member probe body has been formed over
the fire incident at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital asking
the committee to submit its reports within the next three working days.
The committee was formed soon after the fire was broke out at a store room
on the first floor of a new building of the hospital around 6 pm yesterday.
The probe committee will submit its report within the next three working
days, Fire Service’s Central Control Room Duty Officer Md Russell Shikdar
told BSS today.
Firefighters doused the fire around 11 pm last night after five hours
frantic efforts of the 16 units of firefighters.
As the firefighters brought the fire under control, none – patient,
doctor, employee and attendant – was hurt in the incident, director of
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital Prof Uttam Kumar Barua told
reporters at the hospital yesterday.
According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, there was no casualty in
the fire incident as all patients were taken to safer place and patients of
emergency department were shifted to nearby hospitals.
Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Brigadier General Ali Ahmed
Khan told reporters that they were able to take away the patients safely.
Earlier, Health Minister Zahid Maleque and State Minister for Health Murad
Hasan rushed to the hospital to oversee the overall situation of the
hospital.