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Bhubaneswar fire: Health Minister JP Nadda assures support to Odisha govt

Assuring all support to the Odisha govenrment for the treatment of patients affected in the Sum Hospital fire, Health Minister J P Nadda on Wednesday said he was not here for any blame game over the incident which claimed 20 lives.

Bhubaneswar fire: Health Minister JP Nadda to visit SUM Hospital to take stock of situation

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda will reach Bhubaneswar on Wednesday and visit the hospital where 19 people were killed in a fire on Monday.

Bhubaneswar fire: Odisha CM should make top hospital authorities accountable

One of the senior authorities of the Bhubaneswar hospital who dares to call the fire “a result of bad luck,” is an epitome of the insensitivity that plagues India’s fragile healthcare system.

Odisha fire: 4 hospital officials including Superintendent arrested, 100 patients shifted elsewhere

Four officials, including the Superintendent, of a private hospital were arrested and four employees suspended on Tuesday, a day after a massive blaze there claimed 20 lives and left many injured.

Bhubaneswar fire: After SUM incident, it's clear that Indian hospitals are diseased with fire risk

Hospitals in India are no safe havens; as much as those clean white sheets, sanitised needles and phenol-cleaned floors fool one into believing they are.

Bhubaneswar: 22 dead, 106 undergoing treatment after fire breaks out at SUM Hospital

A major fire at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar killed 22 people. Police carried out the rescue work along with the Fire Services Department.

Bhubaneswar fire: Odisha govt files FIR against Institute of Medical Sciences, SUM Hospital

The Odisha government on Tuesday lodged two FIRs against the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital authorities in connection with the hospital fire late on Monday evening.

Bhubaneswar fire: Four hospital staff suspended, victims' kin blame admin

Four staff members of a private medical hospital where a massive fire broke out killing 20 people were suspended on Tuesday

Bhubaneswar fire: SUM hospital authorities deny administrative lapses

The SUM Hospital authorities on Tuesday denied that there were lapses on the management's part that led to the loss of 20 lives.

Bhubaneswar fire as it happened: Odisha govt orders probe; cause can be ascertained after inquiry, say hospital authority

A day after a major fire at a hospital in Bhubaneswar claimed 22 lives, ravaged areas of the medical facility were sealed on Tuesday ahead of a thorough probe as the state government geared up to ensure proper treatment of patients shifted elsewhere.