Tag: Sum Hospital

New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognizance of the media report on the death of 21 patients who died in a major fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar in the evening on October 17, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notice to the Odisha government asking it to submit a report in this matter […]

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to the fire mishap at SUM Hospital mounted to 21 with one more patient succumbing to injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS here today. The deceased has been identified as Janaki Hui of Jaleswar in Balasore district. Hui was admitted to a private hospital without the knowledge of her attendants […]

Cuttack: In an alleged attempt to evade further police action, Sum hospital superintendent Pusparaj Samantasinghar, who was arrested along with three other officials of SUM Hospital in connection with the fire mishap that claimed 20 lives, has been admitted to SCB medical college and hospital here on Tuesday night following a reported cardiac problem. Samantsinghar, […]

Bhubaneswar: The SUM Hospital authorities had ignored the recommendations of the Fire Services (FS) department on fire safety measures, said DG, Fire Services Binay Behera today. Briefing media persons after submitting his report to Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on SUM Hospital fire mishap, at a review meeting at the State Secretariat here in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Troubles continue to mount on Odisha Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak as the SUM Hospital fire mishap has added to his litany of woes. Eyebrows are being raised on his capabilities following a series of failures in healthcare services in State ranging from infant deaths in Cuttack Sishu Bhavan, Japanese Encephalitis deaths, Nagada malnutrition […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after 20 people died in the gruesome fire mishap in Sum Hospital here, a startling fact has come to fore that the ill-fated hospital was operating without State government’s Fire Safety Certificate, a pre-requisite to run a hospital. An official document obtained by OTV shows that the hospital had violated guidelines pertaining […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday wrote to the Governor of Odisha condoling the loss of lives due to a massive fire at a Bhubaneswar hospital and prayed for the injured. “I am sad to learn about the unfortunate massive fire at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar, in which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the Sum hospital fire mishap which took as many as 20 lives yesterday. Besides it said Rs 25 lakh compensation and a job to kin of each of the deceased must be given. Addressing newsmen Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan said, […]

Bhubaneswar: Authorities of the SUM Hospital here, where a major fire broke out on Monday evening claiming 20 lives, today began a damage control exercise with the announcement of Rs 5 lakh compensation each to family of deceased and suspension of four staff including the Fire Officer and Manager for dereliction of duties. Talking to […]

Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the major fire mishap that occurred at the Sum Hospital here on last evening reached 20 with the death of another person at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar today. The deceased identified as Harihar Mallha, who died in ventilator at the AIIMS hospital, was undergoing treatment at the Sum Hospital in a […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing deep concern over the fire mishap that took place at the Sum Hospital here claiming 19 lives on Monday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Union Health Minister J P Nadda and asked him to facilitate transfer of all those injured to the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. In his Tweet, he wrote “Deeply anguished […]

Bhubaneswar: Health Secretary Arti Ahuja today confirmed the death of 19 persons in the major fire that broke out in the SUM Hospital here on Monday evening. The Health Secretary, who visited the hospital early morning today to take stock of the situation, said 14 patients were declared brought dead at the Capital Hospital while […]

Bhubaneswar: A major fire broke out in SUM Hospital in Bhubanswar leaving 22 patients dead and many injured. Latest reports revealed that while 14 dead bodies were received at the Capital hospital, 8 more deaths were reported from Amri hospital where the patients were shifted. Many were also reportedly taken ill suffering from asphyxiation. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The SUM Hospital tragedy, poor healthcare, shoddy handling of the Mahanadi water-sharing dispute and the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore chit fund scam dogged the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government in the outgoing year. The “shame walk” of a tribal with his wife’s body, the death of 20 children due to malnutrition and the Japanese […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday asked its officials to take action against private clinical establishments which violate fire safety norms. “The District Collectors and Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDC) should immediately inspect all the private clinical establishments in their districts including private medical colleges and wherever dereliction of non-compliance is found, immediate necessary action must […]