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Berhampore Two persons were killed and some others injured in a stampede as a fire broke out in Murshidabad Medical College Hospital on Saturday triggering panic among patients and their relatives.
"Two women, both nursing aids, died in a stampede following the incident of fire which broke out at 11:50 AM. Some others are injured, but we are yet to receive details," Director of Health Services (DHS) Biswaranjan Satpathy told PTI in Kolkata. Giving details, Satpathy said that fire broke out from the AC machine of a vacant VIP cabin at the main medical ward.
"Everybody tried to run away to escape from fire which had resulted in a stampede in which two nursing aids died. Death reports are yet to be issued," he said."Patients in the adjacent wards were immediately taken out and were relocated at the newly built mother-child Hub," Satpathy said. (IANS)
