Kolkata: Heavy rains flood hospitals; several life-saving drugs, oxygen cylinders damaged
3 years, 3 months ago

Kolkata: Heavy rains flood hospitals; several life-saving drugs, oxygen cylinders damaged

India TV News  

Treatment of patients at a few hospitals in Kolkata including the state-run SSKM Medical College and Hospital were badly affected while life-saving drugs at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine were damaged as rainwater flooded portions of the medical establishments on Monday, officials said. The Outpatient department of gynaecology section as well as the ticket counter on the ground floor of the SSKM Medical College and Hospital building were inundated as doctors and nurses were seen attending patients with ankle-deep water accumulating on the floor. Treatment of patients at KPC Medical College and Hospital, which is a private healthcare facility, also got inundated by rainwater hampering its functioning. Rainwater went inside and flooded the store of Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine on the ground floor and damaged several life-saving drugs, other medicines and oxygen cylinders kept there.

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New Indian Express  

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