-PTI The West Bengal government said AMRI hospital authorities did not make effort to Rescue trapped patients and that action against them where over 30 patients suffocated to death after a fire broke out in its premises on Friday. "It was horrifying that the hospital authorities did not make any effort to Rescue trapped patients," public health engineering minister Subrata Mukherjee told reporters after visiting the hospital. "Senior hospital authorities ran away after...
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Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 55 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, says Mamata Mamata Banerjee by Caesar Mandal
About 55 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early Friday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said. "Quick action will be taken against the hospital after proper inquiry," she added. According to hospital sources, death toll may rise in the hospital fire incident in Kolkata. Nearly 160 patients were admitted in the Dhakuria building, where fire broke out in the wee hours. Only...
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CNN-IBN The owners of AMRI Hospital RS Goenka and SK Todi were on their way to surrender before the Kolkata police at Lal Bazar police station on Friday after a major fire at the hspital in South Kolkata left 73 dead. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that at least 73 people are dead in the major fire that broke out at AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria in south Kolkata on...
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